Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!goehring From: goehring@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Scott Goehring) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Subject: Re: Kermit for JrComm? Message-ID: Date: 24 Apr 91 16:37:55 GMT References: <22147@shlump.nac.dec.com> <1991Apr19.230557.6361@disk.uucp> Sender: news@mentor.cc.purdue.edu Reply-To: goehring@mentor.cc.purdue.edu Distribution: na Organization: Purdue University Computing Center Lines: 22 In-reply-to: crazyrat@disk.uucp's message of 19 Apr 91 23:05:57 GMT In article <1991Apr19.230557.6361@disk.uucp> crazyrat@disk.uucp (@jap) writes: Unfortunately for a mass of us, Zmodem is not an option on our vax. It seems that more of the Vax installations these days are operating with an ISN network developed by AT&T. This ISN network does not conform to standards and thus does not do nice things to 'sliding packet' protocol programs (such as Z,X,Y modem). Kermit, btw, has had no problems in these aspects. we have an ISN terminal switch at purdue. zmodem works perfectly fine over it. true, x and y don't, but z will, assuming your z is reasonably robust. i have downloaded many megabytes over the ISN, both on dialups and over a DOV modem. to be specific, the ISN is a 7-bit non-transparent (eats DC1 and DC3) terminal switch. zmodem, however, knows how to deal with such systems and does so quite nicely. -- Help stamp out vi in our lifetime! Scott Goehring goehring@mentor.cc.purdue.edu goehring@gnu.ai.mit.edu "Then go cast an astral spell on yourself, ok?"