Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!mcvax!cernvax!ethz!macman
From: macman@ethz.UUCP (Danny Schwendener)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacKermit 0.9(40) problem?
Keywords: kermit vax mac
Message-ID: <635@ethz.UUCP>
Date: 29 Sep 88 11:27:33 GMT
References: <13825@cs.tcd.ie>
Reply-To: macman@ethz.UUCP (Danny Schwendener)
Organization: ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
Lines: 20

In article <13825@cs.tcd.ie> fmodwyer@cs.tcd.ie (Frank O'Dwyer , ext. 1695) writes:
>
>I am using Mac Kermit 0.9 (40)  to talk to a VAX and I find that
>the effective speed of file transfer is far too slow.
>... Anybody got any ideas what I can do to
>improve things?

If this hasn't been done already, I suggest that you install a VAX Kermit
version that supports long (1K) packets. Check with the Kermit Server
at Columbia University, NY to get the newest VAX Kermit version.
MacKermit 0.9 does support long packets. 

-- Danny

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