[net.sources.d] What are the origins of Kermit-][?

scott@cdp.UUCP (10/23/86)

umd5!zben recently posted a 3-part Kermit-][ to net.sources.
There was almost no explanation of what this was, or what it's
origins were (e.g. there was some stuff about how they
Kurzweiled some manual, but didn't mention the origins of the
paper manual).  How does this code relate to Columbia kermits?
What are the pros and cons?

Also, I got 1249 bytes of a-texttoprint, which the shar claimed
should have been 1250.  Did anyone else have this problem?

-scott
hplabs!cdp!scott