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From: paul@vixie.UUCP (Paul Vixie Esq)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Announcing C-Kermit 4E(068)
Message-ID: <791@vixie.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jan 88 19:23:06 GMT
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In article <11449@brl-adm.ARPA> SY.FDC@cu20b.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes:
>This is to announce another minor release, but this time a "real" release,
>of C-Kermit for Unix, VAX/VMS, Data General AOS, the Commodore Amiga,
>the Apple Macintosh, etc.  The changes were minor, and only appear in the
>Unix versions. [...]

Kermit has been one of the most useful pseudo-PD programs I've ever, uh, used.

I'm curious, though, as to whether this release includes the long-discussed
"windowing kermit protocol" which would apparently allow several ACKs to be
outstanding at one time, thus improving performance on half-duplex and X.25
connections.  I read about this in 1983-84, I think, but I've never heard
of it having made it into code.  Does anyone know the full story on this?

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