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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Kermit MAC??
Date: 4 Jun 1995 20:10:34 GMT
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In article <3qsq4t$rgm@news.doit.wisc.edu>,
Glenn R. Howes <grhowes@students.wisc.edu> wrote:
>In article <3qnon9$asf@steel.interlog.com> David R Butler-Malin,
>dmalin@interlog.com writes:
>>Does Kermit exist in a MAC format?
>
>If all you are interested in is a free solution which incorporates
>the Kermit file transfer, it is possible to cobble together a
>free Communications Toolbox solution off of parts available
>off the net...
>
Yes, but this will not get you certain features that are hallmarks
of real Kermit software:
. Fast, high quality emulation of higher-model VT terminals,
like VT220 or 320.
. Character-set conversion during terminal emulation.
. Character-set conversion during file transfer.
. Most of the file-transfer performance features, i.e. fast file
transfers instead of slow ones.
. Most or all of the client/server features.
. A scripting language that is compatible with other Kermit
programs.
Most of this is already in Mac Kermit. It's just a question of getting
it up to release quality. I think we'd all be better served by a release-
quality Mac Kermit than by a cobbled-together patchwork assembled from
pieces of dubious origin. See my previous posting about why we don't have
a release-quality Mac Kermit yet.
- Frank