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Date: Mon, 19-Nov-84 04:43:10 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 19 04:43:10 1984
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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 (@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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