haddock@waltz.UUCP (01/25/85)
/**** waltz:net.micro.pc / timeb!dwight / 5:53 am Jan 21, 1985 ****/ ... XMODEM is a superior file transfer protocol in the public domain and originally written by Ward Christensen. It is more robust than KERMIT, but I'm a little biased; we also have quite a bit of KERMIT stuff available that we've received from site okstate; I don't use it but others here do and they like it. Both solve your error-detection-and-correction needs. -- --Dwight Ernest KA2CNN \ Usenet:...vax135!timeinc!dwight Sorry Dwight, but it is this point that I'll hafta disagree with. Having worked with both I've gotta say the Kermit is the more robust (and I'm a XMODEM fan). XMODEM won't go onto just *ANY* machine especially (no hard facts) IBM mainframes whilest Kermit is up and running on just 'bout anything under the sun. As an experiment, try running XMODEM and Kermit over noise phone lines. At least with Kermit you can adjust to use smaller packets thus decreasing the chance of taking noise hits. Alas, it all won't go in one pass (on noisy lines) but I'm sure the percentage of retransmissions (amount of file to be transfered as opposed to actual numbers of packets/sectors retransmitted) will be lower with Kermit. P.S. I say all this in a friendly manner and not in a flame-thrower mode. Kindly correct me if I've said anything wrong. :-) ================================================================ _____ -Rusty- |\/ o \ o | ( -< O o Where's the fish? |/\__V__/ ARPA: Haddock%Waltz%TI-CSL@CSNet-Relay Rusty@Maryland (forwarded to CSNet address) CSNet: Haddock@TI-CSL USENET: {convex!smu, ut-sally, texsun, rice} ! waltz ! haddock
dwight@timeb.UUCP (Dwight Ernest) (01/28/85)
> /**** waltz:net.micro.pc / timeb!dwight / 5:53 am Jan 21, 1985 ****/ > ... > XMODEM is a superior file transfer protocol in the public domain and > originally written by Ward Christensen. It is more robust than KERMIT, > but I'm a little biased; we also have quite a bit of KERMIT stuff > available that we've received from site okstate; I don't use it > but others here do and they like it. > > Both solve your error-detection-and-correction needs. > -- > --Dwight Ernest KA2CNN \ Usenet:...vax135!timeinc!dwight > > Sorry Dwight, but it is this point that I'll hafta disagree with. > Having worked with both I've gotta say the Kermit is the more robust > (and I'm a XMODEM fan). > > --Rusty Agreed. I've received many pleasant "non-flames" on this subject. Uncle! (:-) I retract! -- --Dwight Ernest KA2CNN \ Usenet:...vax135!timeinc!dwight Time Inc. Editorial Technology Group, New York City Voice: (212) 554-5061 \ Compuserve: 70210,523 Telemail: DERNEST/TIMECOMDIV/TIMEINC \ MCI: DERNEST "The opinions expressed above are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Time Incorporated." -----------------------------------------------------------------------------