Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!xanth!nic.MR.NET!tank!uwvax!puff!gumby!boettche From: boettche@gumby.cs.wisc.edu (Michael Boettcher) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Unix Kermit and 8-bit transfers Keywords: kermit,unix Message-ID: <2086@puff.cs.wisc.edu> Date: 4 Dec 88 03:46:37 GMT References: <1383@virginia.acc.virginia.edu> <5616@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> <9053@smoke.BRL.MIL> Sender: news@puff.cs.wisc.edu Reply-To: boettche@gumby.cs.wisc.edu (Michael Boettcher) Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 29 In article <9053@smoke.BRL.MIL> w8sdz@brl.arpa (Keith Petersen) writes: >Kermit on Unix can do 8-bit binary transfers without having to use >quoting. The trick is to log in using 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit. >Put this in your .kermrc file in your home directory: > >Tell me why anyone would want to use Kermit on Unix when Zmodem (rz/sz >on the Unix end and DSZ on the PC end) is so much faster and provides >the ability to continue where you left off in an aborted download. > >-- >Keith Petersen Probably the main reason is that kermit is already on the Unix system, and many telecom programs for the PC also support it. I would love to use Zmodem, but how do I get it for the system, install it, and make sure that the admin. operator doesn't get perturbed with me? Granted, Kermit is not the easiest to use, but its better than nothing for a low time user of a mainframe. ******************************************************************************* Michael Boettcher boettche@puff.cs.wisc.edu Student, Univ. of Wisconsin 107 N. Randall Apt. I Applied Math, Engr. and Physics Madison, WI 53715 *******************************************************************************