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- From: jerry@marin.uucp (Jerry C. Hudgins)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: Kermit packet size
- Message-ID: <jerry.0epv@marin.uucp>
- Date: 8 Nov 92 04:28:52 GMT
- References: <01GQVM6KPFZ48WW1MS@scorva> <1992Nov7.155642.1192@galaxy.gov.bc.ca>
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- In article <1992Nov7.155642.1192@galaxy.gov.bc.ca> ewilts@galaxy.gov.bc.ca (Ed Wilts) writes:
- > In article <01GQVM6KPFZ48WW1MS@scorva>, CAPTANSKI33@SNYCORVA.BITNET (CHRIS TANSKI) writes:
- > > Anyone know how to change the pakcet size kermit sends from 84 to
- > > 9000? My comm. program receives that fast so it would be nice if this
- > > kermit server would send it that fast. Please reply directly.
- >
- > It depends on the version of Kermit you are using. There are 2 different VMS
- > flavours, each of which has production and test versions.
- >
- > Kermit-32
- > The latest *production* version available from Columbia is 3.3.126.
- > This does not support long packets. You can pull off a test version that does.
- > I believe the latest test is T3.4.018.
-
- This is incorrect. Kermit-32 has supported long packets (up to 1000 bytes)
- for several versions. It doesn't support sliding windows, though.
-
- As you pointed out, the upcoming C-Kermit 5A will be preferable, especially
- since it supports attribute packets (like Kermit-11!).
-
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