home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
kermit.columbia.edu
/
kermit.columbia.edu.tar
/
kermit.columbia.edu
/
newsgroups
/
misc.19950329-19950528
/
000042_news@columbia.edu_Tue Apr 4 08:15:33 1995.msg
< prev
next >
Wrap
Internet Message Format
|
1995-07-31
|
4KB
Received: from apakabar.cc.columbia.edu by watsun.cc.columbia.edu with SMTP id AA21139
(5.65c+CU/IDA-1.4.4/HLK for <kermit.misc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>); Tue, 4 Apr 1995 21:43:31 -0400
Received: by apakabar.cc.columbia.edu id AA06917
(5.65c+CU/IDA-1.4.4/HLK for kermit.misc@watsun); Tue, 4 Apr 1995 21:43:30 -0400
Path: news.columbia.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!zib-berlin.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!fauern!gs.dfn.de!zam103!min007.min!rolf
From: rolf@minvax.min.kfa-juelich.de (rolf skowronek)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Bad Press ??
Message-Id: <2096@zam103.zam.kfa-juelich.de>
Date: 4 Apr 95 08:15:33 GMT
References: <3lhbgm$e8i@over.mhv.net>
Sender: news@zam103.zam.kfa-juelich.de
Reply-To: R.Skowronek@KFA-Juelich.de
Organization: KFA-Juelich
Lines: 50
Nntp-Posting-Host: min007
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
Apparently-To: kermit.misc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu
scvikevich@mhv.net wrote:
: May be Columbia U. should sue these publications for misrepresentation.
: here are examples: published in "net.speak" (Hayden Books), 1994
: author: Tom Fahey, ISBN: 1-56830-095-6
: Kermit - A terminal emulation Program and file transfer protocol
: developed at Columbia University. Kermit is the slowest
: file transfer protocol, but useful when sending 7-bit
: characters. (Naturally, despite its lackluster transfer
: speed--or perhaps because of it--Kermit is a favorite
: of many educational institutions. Its status as freeware
: has also endeared it to thrifty educators everywhere.)
: Yes, it's named in honor of Sesame Street's Kermit the
: Frog.
: ZMODEM - The latest and fastest file transfer protocol. ZMODEM
: recovers from transmission errors more effectively than
: the other popular protocols. In addition because ZMODEM
: operates in batch mode, you can download or upload several
: several files at a time. Finally, if a transmission is
: inerrupted halfway during a file transfer, you can log
: and pick up the file transfer where it was cut off, only
: downloading the "last" half. With other protocols, an
: interruption means downloading the entire file again.
: I would be curious to hear responses from the kermit user
: community.
: Serge
A couple of weeks ago a fetched the latest versions of Kermit for VAX and
for PCs from Columbia. Frank da Cruz had been posting some hints on the
various parameters to experiment with (block length, window slots, etc.),
which turned out to be really valuable. With a VS3100 on the one end, a
PC on the other connected by a 14400 compressing modem on a terminal server
I had transfer rates of 1610 chars/sec on precompressed binaries.
I am not convinced I've got the optimal setting bacause I did not experiment
a lot - just followed Franks hints. When I connect to a local BBS using
Zmodem, I dont't get any higher transfer rates either.
But Kermit is not only a protocol - its a good terminal with many other
facilities. I never had the need to continue an interrupted transfer yet
but I am convinced Kermit will handle this condition well also.
I have been using Kermit for many years and it turned out to be coping with
practically every possible hardware configuration. My believe is if Kermit
won't run - nothing else will.
Rolf
--
e-mail: r.skowronek@kfa-juelich.de