[net.micro] What is Kermit?

johnm@houxd.UUCP (06/21/83)

	I would appreciate a short explanation of what Kermit
does.  Is it useful to people (like myself) with a VAX running
USG 5.0 and an H89 running CP/M?  Is it better than umodem
and YAM or MODEMxxx?  Please reply by mail, as I assume I missed
seeing all this posted previously.

	Thanks in advance
	John Montgomery
	harpo!houxd!johnm or
	ihnp4!houxd!johnm

hofbauer@utcsri.UUCP (John Hofbauer) (12/19/85)

I have often seen the name Kermit mentioned on this net.
I understand it is some kind of communications protocol.
I would like to know more about what it is and how it
works, in particular its internal workings. Can anyone
recommend a good (or even not so good) tutorial paper(s)
on Kermit?