[comp.sys.mac] Kermit in Red Ryder

atreides@caladan.UUCP (System Administrator) (12/23/89)

In a recent article I wrote:
  | >Mac Kermit is great with vi, but is a dog when it comes to Kermit
  | >transfers.. White Knight just rips with Kermit.. so it's worth
  | >keeping it >around.. 1/2 :-)

In a recent article james968@sleepy.cc.utexas.edu replied:
  | When I try to use RR to download a program the mainframe and RR
  | behaive as if   nothing has happened. If I monkey around I can get it
  | to work for a few second.d This even happens on prewired MICOM lines
  | at 9600bd.  Since you say that RR rips with Kermit protocol do you
  | know what needs to be changed?

Actually I said that "White Knight 'rips'" with Kermit.  Red Ryder 10.3 on
the other hand is one of the slower programs I've tried for Kermit.

Even though White Knight is fast with Kermit, I am not wholly satisfied
with it's performance, it is often frustrating as it is not as reliable as
the Kermit transfers in VersaTerm (often timing out on batch downloads,
but never on single files).

If you really want a trouble free Kermit and do not want White Knight,
then you should consider VersaTerm Pro, so far it is the most bullet proof
that I have found, along with Microphone.  However in comparisons with
Microphone, Red Ryder 10.3 and Mac Kermit, I have found that VersaTerm
wins the Kermit transfer speed trials hands down (I have not tried
Microphone II version 3, which may be faster than it's predecessor.. but
then again the new VersaTerm Pro may be equally enhanced :-)).

  | thanks,
  | james968@sleepy.cc.utexas.edu

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Stuart Burden
root@caladan.uucp