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- From: greeny@top.cis.syr.edu (J. S. Greenfield)
- Subject: Re: How to increase the download speed in Kermit by high speed modem
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.110057.20581@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: Syracuse University, CIS Dept.
- References: <1992Jul26.101458.2420@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <1992Jul26.205227.25661@metropolis.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 11:00:57 EDT
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- In article <1992Jul26.205227.25661@metropolis.com> robert@metropolis.com (Robert Munyer) writes:
- >
- >The fix for this is to get a newer version of Kermit that supports what they
- >call "windows" (which has nothing to do with what Mac people call "windows").
- >If you set your windows to five or six, you can often increase your throughput
- >by 100% or more.
- >
- >Unfortunately, I don't know of a Mac program that supports Kermit "windows".
- >
- >Does anybody out there know of one?
-
-
- Quick Link II supports sliding windows, but not large packets.
-
- White Knight supports both large packets, and sliding windows--but apparently
- not *both* at the same time.
-
- --
- J. S. Greenfield greeny@top.cis.syr.edu
- (I like to put 'greeny' here,
- but my d*mn system wants a
- *real* name!) "What's the difference between an orange?"
-