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From: jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman)
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Subject: Re: Add an FTP client to K95?
Date: 16 Nov 1997 19:33:45 GMT
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In article <EJqqot.693@world.std.com>,
William Smith <wpns@world.std.com> wrote:
:
: I know this counds a little silly, but is it possible to add to the
: wishlist an FTP client for K95? Most of the time I'm using K95 as a
: Telnet client and VTnn emulator to connect to Unix hosts via the
: internet or a dialup PPP link, and kermit transfers are actually
: slower than FTP transfers over that kind of link. Still, it's kinda
: silly to jump out of kermit to transfer files... 8*)
:
: All of the FTP clients I've used are pretty lame, and I figured if
: anyone could make a good one it'd be the Kermit folks. Worst case,
: please add it to the wish list.
K95 does not have a built-in ftp client. However it does have an ftp
command. If you are connected to a host via TCP/IP and issue the ftp
command it will start the Microsoft (or IBM) ftp client and open
a connection to your Telnet or Rlogin host.
We are aware that ftp is faster than Kermit over Telnet and we have
been doing research as to why. There is no reason that Kermit
protocol should be slower than FTP over the same network when long
packets and sliding windows are in use.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025 * (212) 854-1344
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95.html * kermit-support@columbia.edu