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From: gt4586c@prism.gatech.EDU (WILLETT,THOMAS CARTER)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Semi-Novice asks about file transfers
Keywords: assistance sought
Message-ID: <29822@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 24 May 91 20:11:56 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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i would like to buy some terminal emulator/comm package so my mac can talk
to the net more effectively.  i can plug my mac directly into my school's
network through the modem port.  so i've basically got a serial connection
through which i can get to a campus mainframe, and from there communicate
on internet.  i understand all the basics of ftp'ing, binhex, etc.  where
i get slowed down is having to kermit from the mainframe to my mac at a 
measly 2400 baud.  is there any software out there that will let my mac
transfer to and from the host mainframe at a faster rate?  the campus
network is rated for 9600 baud.

any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

- tom willett  gt4586c@prism.gatech.edu


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thomas willett 
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta  
gt4586c@prism.gatech.edu
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - Salvor Hardin (Foundation)