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From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Master and server mode for receives?
Date: 4 Feb 2001 18:28:57 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <54hf6.7236$9g3.908646@news3.cableinet.net>,
Mike Scott <mike@NOSPAMcomputersurgery.com> wrote:
: ...
: One more question: is the Kermit protocol specification not available
: online? The only references I can find to it is your book. Amazon reports
: that it's out of print and, besides, I needed a solution immediately. I'm
: astonished that the protocol doesn't appear to be published online.
:
It's a question of time -- most people would rather have us devoting our
time to improving and supporting and documenting the software, and this
alone takes up more time than we have.
The book is still available from us (while supplies last):
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/manuals.html
In a pinch you can use the very old online Kermit Protocol Manual:
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/e/kproto.*
Maybe some day we'll catch up.
- Frank