Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:41012 comp.dcom.modems:5000 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!ndcheg!ndmath!nstar!larry From: larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: XMODEM,YMODEM,ZMODEM,KERMIT Which is best and why? Summary: Kermit for PCs Keywords: KERMIT Message-ID: <511119@nstar.UUCP> Date: 2 Jan 90 11:26:00 GMT References: <32428@news.Think.COM> <1989Dec31.210253.25273@delta.uucp> <5873@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> Organization: Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN, USA Lines: 15 > The MS-Kermit program has a number of features that don't have equivalents in > the basic XMODEM-family of programs. I have found that Kermit is implemented > on a larger variety of computers than any single variant of XMODEM (substitute > a letter of the alphabet for X) :-). MS-Kermit (the program) also provides > VT-52, VT-102, Z-19, and Tek 4014 emulation modes all in one program. Best of > all Kermit is FREE, Columbia University doesn't even ask for a donation last > I checked. What is the current version of MSKermit? We have 2.31a and am running into problems using the server mode and since 2.31 is dated August 88, assume that there is a newer release in distribution. -- Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN USA uucp: larry@nstar -or- ...!iuvax!ndmath!nstar!larry "NO! QNX is non-standard, not compatible, and is no more Unix than DOS!"