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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User)
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Subject: Re: Request for Comment on Kermit...
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Date: 15 Apr 91 23:43:39 GMT
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In article <1991Apr15.072058.7969@nntp-server.caltech.edu> toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>edwatkeys@pro-sol.cts.com (Ed Watkeys) writes:
>
>>What's the big deal with Kermit?  Ther version I saw isn't that great.  I'm
>>not trying to put the thing down, but is there something about it that is
>>special?  What is the deal with the "Server" command in Kermit?  I
>>downloaded the application, but I never spent the three hours getting the
>>docs...  
>Kermit is FREE and it works very well. It does not have an awesome
>interface but you didn't pay for it, so chill. Kermit's VT100 emulation
>is better than ProTerm's with certain systems (including tybalt) so I prefer
>kermit to ProTerm.

	Ugg, I certainly don't prefer Kermit to ProTERM, and don't think I'll
see ANY program that I prefer to ProTERM (on any system) for a long time, if
ever.


	The "big deal" with the Kermit protocol is that it doesn't care
how many bits your connection is (7 or 8), and seems to work just fine
under lots of other conditions where protocols like Xmodem barf.

	But unfortunately that makes it slow as hell..  About the speed of
a 300 baud Xmodem transfer on a 2400 baud Kermit transfer. (Every time! I've
done it multiple times and it's ALWAYS slow as molasses).

	So when I'm rlogged in or telnetted in somewhere and I can't 
use x/ymodem for some reason, I just text-trap programs. (Since they're 
in Binscii form, if there's ever an error it usually screws up the
nice columns, so errors aren't a problem usually)

	I only have to do that when I call from home to ucscb through another
site (rather than paying for the phone call).. so it's no biggie.
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