Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!cernvax!ethz!macman
From: macman@ethz.UUCP (Danny Schwendener)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Error-free File Transfer?
Summary: try Kermit
Keywords: transfer protocol kermit
Message-ID: <498@ethz.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jul 88 09:06:18 GMT
References: <5670002@hpfcdq.HP.COM>
Reply-To: macman@ethz.UUCP (Danny Schwendener)
Organization: ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
Lines: 18

In article <5670002@hpfcdq.HP.COM> r_ellison@hpfcdq.HP.COM (Bob Ellison) writes:
>I'm having a little trouble getting stuff downloaded.
>
>The host machine I'm using is a UNIX machine receiving notes.  The destination
>is a remote (very remote -- long distance phone call) Macintosh.  

I think you should try Kermit. This transfer protocol has been implemented
on most mainframes and operating systems, including UNIX and the
Macintosh OS. It is public domain and its sources are
available from many sites. Although it's not the fastest protocol I know,
we use it every day for the above reasons.

-- Danny
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