Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!jetson!john
From: john@jetson.UPMA.MD.US (John Owens)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: need help with xenix Kermit to PC procomm
Message-ID: <115@jetson.UPMA.MD.US>
Date: 24 Aug 88 04:22:27 GMT
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In article <2877@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, cck@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth) writes:
> I've found kermit so slow and so expensive (plus being so cranky)
> over my leased line that I can get better and less expensive
> results by running ascii transfers (base 85 encoded if the source

Well, the key words here are "leased line".  This is not where
Kermit's strengths lie; Kermit is excellent at transferring files in
wierd environments (through cranky data switches, protocol converters,
IBM mainframes that speak EBCDIC, satellite links, and combinations of
the above).  That's why the protocol overhead is so high.

I'd still not recommend that you do raw transfers.  ZMODEM should be
able to approach the maximum speed of your line.

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