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From: adldata@ix.netcom.com (David Pollack )
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Blast
Date: 1 Oct 1995 00:56:38 GMT
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In <44jj44$ah4@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu
(Frank da Cruz) writes:
>
>In article <122535485wnr@helikon.demon.co.uk>,
>Kevin J. G. Pugh <Gwyn@helikon.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>: Has anyone out there come across a comms program called BLAST?
>: It supports sliding windows, large packet size and goes like the
name
>: suggests.
>:
>It's a commercial product with a proprietary protocol.
>
>: A secondary question, is there a public domain kermit
>: version out there which goes p.d.q ??
>:
>Most Kermit software is NOT in the public domain. It's protected by
>copyright against (for example) people ftp'ing it from Columbia and
then
>selling it.
>
>: Thanks for your help for what no doubt is a FAQ.
>:
>The speed of Kermit transfers is indeed addressed in our FAQ.
>
> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ - General information about Kermit
> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/faq.html - FAQ
>
>- Frank
We tried Blast a long while back, It has versions for VAX/VMS, Xenix,
SCO, interactive, System V and a DOS version. The box says its from US
Robotics (communications research div.). It does lot of things but
costs more than real kermit.
-Sol