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From: berger@iboga (Mike Berger)
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Subject: Re: Trouble with Telix Kermit
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Message-ID: <1991Jan14.220828.14580@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 14 Jan 91 22:08:28 GMT
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ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga) writes:

>In article <1991Jan13.211741.6620@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> dmm0t@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU (Dave Meyer) writes:
>>
>>My suggestion:  use a better kermit program.  I'm using the
>>
>How does this compare to other protocols like Ymodem an Zmodem?

There's no question that zmodem is a faster and more robust protocol.
Conversely, kermit is available for everything from CP/M machines and
Apple II to big mainframes, all for free.  I use zmodem on the rare
occasions when it's available on both ends, but I find that Kermit
is the most popular protocol around here.
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