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From: richard@neabbs.UUCP (RICHARD RONTELTAP)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: need help with xenix Kermit to PC procomm
Message-ID: <21934@neabbs.UUCP>
Date: 22 Aug 88 21:14:33 GMT
Organization: NEABBS multi-line BBS +31-20-717666 (12x), Amsterdam, Holland
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[ Kermit is not so slow and not so incompatible ]
 
Well I've had several kermit's which really wouldn't talk to
each other. Maybe just bad implementations. Thay were from old CP/M
machines.
 
The VERY slow occures with Kermit's that INSIST on 8th bit qouting.
On compressed file that means: ever character with the high bit set
(50%) is expanded to '&'+stripped character. Ofcourse every control
character need's a '#' PLUS the '&' quoting. PLUS the blok overhead.
 
I've tried it for fun. I used a direct serial connection at 2400 baud,
a standard Columbia kermit (nothing sliding, NO 8th bit quoting), some
recent DSZ module for ZMODEM.
 
I sent several ARC files and ZMODEM was consistently 2.4 times faster.
Imagine the horror with 8th bit quoting....
 
Richard