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From: splee@pogo.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Seng-Poh Lee, Speedy)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: zmodem vs kermit
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Date: 8 Jun 91 13:57:58 GMT
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In article <9106080216.AA26357@Kodak.COM> ctchou@Kodak.COM writes:
>In one of the digest, <van-bc!oneb!ondeck!degear@ucbvax.berkeley.edu>
>claimed that zmodem was three time faster than kermit. That had been my
>experience too until recently I found out that changing the kermit's packet
>length from the default value (80) to 1000 increased the transfer rate by a
>factor of 5 or so. Since I cannot use zmodem on VAX, I cannot compare them.
>
>Anybody using zmodem on VAX? What program are you using? Does anybody use
>RZSZ on VAX and Zterm on Mac? Do you have problem with that combination?
>
I use zmodem on a VAX, Suns, HPs, without any trouble. Don't know about Zterm
on a Mac. I use dsz.com on the PC side and the standard rz and sz on the
Vax and workstation side. I use Procomm+ and take advantage of the remote
command feature to kick off dsz.com. Thus, if I'm on the VAX via Procomm+,
I only have to type something like zget <filename> or zsend <filemane>
to kick off zmodem on both sides. zget and zsend are DCL procedures that
send Procomm the remote command to start dsz.com and then start rz or sz on 
the local end. Works great!

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Seng-Poh Lee
splee@gnu.ai.mit.edu