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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: MS-DOS Kermit, more capabalities
Date: 17 Jan 2000 20:55:48 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <UaLg4.6412$NU6.261988@tw12.nn.bcandid.com>,
<cangel@famvid.com> wrote:
: ...
: On 1900-01-16 jrd@cc.usu.edu(JoeDoupnik) said:
: JD> What you seem to be impervious to, despite repeated
: JD> reminders, is 94 byte Kermit packets is the original and default
: JD> operating condition. In lieu of negotiations on the wire that is
: JD> what is used, and it will work where longer packets will not. It's
: JD> the specification of the protocol. That may not fit your particular
: JD> tastes, but it is the standard and has been for eons.
:
: Then you should remove html#7 (if I remember correctly) from your website
: because it says this 94 byte default was an error and new versions will
: use longer packets (1020?) as the default size and that those who require
: the smaller packets will then have to reconfigure the application. Have
: you read this?
:
What is html#7? Please use URLs so we know which page you mean.
94-byte packets were never a mistake. They were appropriate at the time
(early 1980s) and still work. Longer packets are more appropriate now,
but they still don't always work.
: Are the `scripts, hints, and kinks' in a particular directory or just
: wherever they can be found?
:
MS-DOS Kermit has a manual:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/manuals.html
It also comes with lots of text files including KERMIT.BWR (the "hints
and tips and 'watch out'" file), NETWORKS\SETUP.DOC, which goes into great
detail about setting up a network connection. These files are on your own
PC's disk if you installed from the main MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 ZIP file
(versions 3.15 and 3.15 are "overlays" over the 3.14 distribution, as
explained on the Web page).
By the way, you can now pick up the source files for MS-DOS Kermit in
convenient ZIP'd format at:
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/msk315src.zip
- Frank