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From: Newz@inf-eden.demon.co.ux (Chris Kennington - newshound)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc,demon.tech.pc
Subject: Re: Can You Help?
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 98 22:06:26 GMT
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In article <6b5c1s$j0d$1@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>
fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu "Frank da Cruz" writes:
"In article <886424243snz@inf-eden.demon.co.ux>,
"Chris Kennington - newshound <Newz@inf-eden.demon.co.uk.snip> wrote:
[snip most of my own original ....]
"This is an FAQ on the Kermit newsgroup, which Chris K kindly pulled in to
"this thread.
"
": ........ Kermit, although now
": pretty dated...
":
"Harrumph! Them's fighting words. The Kermit Project is more active than
"ever, the software is updated continually, and it is being put to more uses
"in the modern world than some people might think, due to:
Oh dear, Frank, can't say how sorry. Perhaps, in extenuation,
I should explain that I retired from the mainframe-etc world
rather a long time ago ..... Once you get into a "PC Rules OK"
environment, with the occasional MAC-interrupt, you tend to
forget that there actually are a lot of PC-non-compatibles out
there .......
[mega snip]
"MS-DOS Kermit is in assembler, but with the TCP/IP stack coded in C.
True. I forgot that it did not actually derive from
"portable Kermit". And I don't know that I could still read the
360K floppies that my copy of the old source is on .....
" comp.protocols.kermit.misc Unmoderated (and quite active)
" comp.protocols.kermit.announce Moderated (for announcements)
Started taking them very soon after my original post. Quite
like old times.
"Good to hear from you again. It's been a while!
And very glad to know that this NG (d.t.pc) has made it across
the pond. More power to your respective elbows!
Chris K.
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