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Subject: Re: MS-DOS Kermit, more capabalities
From: cangel@famvid.com
Message-ID: <z7ag4.2580$NU6.47237@tw12.nn.bcandid.com>
Organization: bCandid - Powering the world's discussions - http://bCandid.com
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 02:35:11 GMT
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
On 2000-01-14 jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu(JeffreyAltman) said:
JA> Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
JA> In article <uuyf4.3235$0l4.86605@tw12.nn.bcandid.com> ,
JA> <cangel@famvid.com> wrote:
cA> How does the number "9x" keep popping up? A universal size that
cA> `fits all'?
JA> The original Kermit protocol implementation had a max packet length
JA> of 94 bytes. Unfortunately, this is all that most third party
JA> implementors choose to support.
The 94 byte packet is devastatingly slow at today's modem speeds.
Wouldn't it be a worthwhile priority for this newsgroup and the `team' to stress
the fact that this is no longer the optimum packet size and get the message
across to other software authors?
I'm really not equipped to persuade them and it just becomes an argument when
I try to persuade them.
Charles.Angelich