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- From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: kermit alternatives
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.202932.10183@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 20:29:32 GMT
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- In article <l9g6biINN44v@phad.hsc.usc.edu>, mcitron@phad.hsc.usc.edu (Mark Citron) writes:
- | Can anyone suggest where I can find (pd preferably) a unix alternative to
- | kermit for moving files over a serial line from SCO Unix to DOS. Kermit seems
- | slow and I assume X, Y, or Z modem would be faster. I just need the unix
- | side in executable form.
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- If your kermit is slow you probably either have an old version or
- forgot to turn on the sliding windows. If your Kermit if 5A, add "-v 7"
- to the command line and try again. I usually see about 98% efficiency in
- the line throughput (2370bps or 2400). High speed performance is better
- but I don't have a number handy.
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- bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
- I admit that when I was in school I wrote COBOL. But I didn't compile.
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