R. MEIER <rmeier@Su-Star.ARPA> (11/19/84)
Keith,
I have been using KERMIT (available from Columbia-20) with an
Apple 2+ system and a Novation modem. I have been exceedingly well
pleased with it, and highly recommend it.
Software using this protocol has been written for a large number
of micro and macro machines (approx. 100 incl. VAX/VMS, VAX/UNIX, DEC-20,
Osborne, Apple/D.C.Hayes MicroModem II, etc.) It is available for
non-commercial purposes from Columbia University (<kermit>@Columbia-20).
o Full vt52 Emulation
o Supports File Servers on some machines, (e.g. VAX/VMS)
o Stop-and-wait fixed packet protocol with 6-bit sequence numbers
o Selectable 8-bit checksum, 16-bit checksum, or CCVITT.V24 crc
o Supports stat, era, and ren functions
o Control (<20h or >7eh) characters are mapped into printable
characters (' '-'~'~)~B~tilde) by escaping (# or &).
o Overhead is about 20% for typical text and program files.
Although I have modem7, I almost never use it, since I find kermit
more convenient.
Bob Meier
(rmeier@star)
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