matthews@udel.EDU (John Matthews) (10/18/87)
Does anyone out there know where a communications package with super-kermit
is? I know there is one on an Amicus disk, but I don't have it. What I am
mainly interested in is the extended packets? I would like to be able to
use a packet size of up to 1024 bytes instead of the default 96 (I think
that's what it is). You can get a fairly noticeable gain in throughput by
using extended packets.
Before I get any reponses about this request after making comments on
it in my previous posting (ZMODEM Advantages) let me just say that Kermit
does have its strengths. These are mainly popularity & accuracy not
throughput. It is nice to know that such a protocol is so heavily supported
and widely available. I do use it all the time, but if I can find, or even
write a package that supports a very high throughput, than that will be the
one I use most often. Until I can afford a 9600 or even 19200 baud modem,
I'll have to worry about how long it takes to upload 100 kbytes of data.
I am debating whether to upload the newest version of C-Kermit and compile
that. Has anyone done this yet with Manx 3.4a.3 or greater?
John Matthews
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CSNET: matthews%udel.edu@relay.cs.netdaveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) (10/22/87)
in article <606@louie.udel.EDU>, matthews@udel.EDU (John Matthews) says: > > Does anyone out there know where a communications package with super-kermit > is? I know there is one on an Amicus disk, but I don't have it. What I am > mainly interested in is the extended packets? I would like to be able to > use a packet size of up to 1024 bytes instead of the default 96 (I think > that's what it is). You can get a fairly noticeable gain in throughput by > using extended packets. I've got a program here that does the trick, ATerm 7.3 by Michael Mounier, Jeff Lydiatt, Larry Phillips, and Steve Allen. I believe that sliding windows Kermit, like WXModem and maybe ZModem as well, accepts a continuous stream of packets, requesting retransmit on those that don't make it, and thus avoiding a handshake after each packet is sent. And of course, it has the other advantages of Kermit, like multiple file transfer and intelligent feature comparison that lets the transfer occur at the best mutual ground between two servers. Now if I can ever get a Super Kermit program for my UNIX machine here at work... > John Matthews -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga Usenet: {ihnp4|caip|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh "The B2000 Guy" PLINK : D-DAVE H BIX : hazy "Computers are what happen when you give up sleeping" - Iggy the Cat