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  5. From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
  6. Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
  7. Subject: Re: How can I use Kermit and PPP??
  8. Date: 3 Sep 1996 13:04:34 GMT
  9. Organization: Columbia University
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  12. References: <500mh8$279@news.xmission.com> <1996Aug28.114158.84281@cc.usu.edu> <masonm.4.322AFCFE@intercon.com> <Dx506I.DDn@encore.com>
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  14.  
  15. In article <Dx506I.DDn@encore.com>, Thanh Ma <tma@encore.com> wrote:
  16. : Kermit is great and GNU's screen is also great. Combining the two, they
  17. : are double great for remote dialing into a unix server from home. However,
  18. : they can't co-exist as documented somewhere in a kermit's doc. This is the
  19. : only short-coming that I found to be a little inconvenience.
  20. :
  21. You can't transfer files through GNU screen because it *changes* the
  22. characters that go in and out.  For purposes of file transfer, there would
  23. need to be a way to temporarily put "screen" into some kind of transparent
  24. mode to keep it from changing the Kermit file-transfer packets.
  25.  
  26. - Frank