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From: lotto@talcott.UUCP (Jerry Lotto)
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Subject: Re: Kermit
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Date: Sun, 24-Feb-85 10:06:35 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 24 10:06:35 1985
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> Some people have requested where to get communication software such
> a Kermit and RBBS, so I though I would put in my two cents.  First:
> > From maciag@spar.UUCP (Chris Maciag)
> > Where can I get kermit for an IBM XT?  Also, will kermit work through
> > the Sytek Net?
>
	Yes KERMIT can work over a SYTEK net (Localnet 20). Some problems
though. One thing that I have found to be reliable is to set all packet
sizes to 80 characters. This is especially true of the new C-Kermit and VMS
KERMIT. For MS-DOS KERMIT, receive and send packet sizes are set
individually. I also tell the C-Kermit side that I want file type binary.
If I am sending a 7-bit file the eighth bit does not get set anyway. This
setup has worked transferring a file from a UNIX machine (in server mode)
using telnet to another UNIX machine (a VAX) through a SYTEK connection to a
line driver connected to a VMS vax running "vaxnet" who in turn passed
everything to an IBM-PC AT. The transfer was a wildcard transfer of eight
bit files without quoting in both directions at 9600 baud (slowest
connection, and gave NO errors. Hats off to the KERMIT crew!