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From: 6500erik@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Erik Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Request for Comment on Kermit...
Keywords: slow as a dog, ymodem and xmodem is better
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Date: 17 Apr 91 00:47:16 GMT
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I have never used Kermit on my ][+, but I have used Kermit
and Xmodem and Ymodem extensively on my Mac, and I have
found that Kermit is slower, gives less control to the user,
and is in general an inferior transfer protocol.

Ymodem, on the other hand, is quick, sends file information
with the transfer, so that well written software on the
receiving end can tell you how long a coffee break you have
:-).  Now, maybe Kermit can do this too, but I have yet
to find a program (for the Mac) that inplements this.

I dislike Kermit, and wish ymodem was supported on my
current host.

Erik