11 Apr
2011
11 Apr
'11
6:30 a.m.
Geoff Oltmans said the following on 4/11/2011 8:46 AM:
Does anyone in any real sense use Kermit these days?
Even back during my bbs days Kermit was a rarely supported and/or slow protocol that
wasn't exactly a first choice. Wasn't it designed for slower packet switched
networks the likes of telenet and tymnet?
Sent from my iPhone
Well, yes, I still use it. I have occasionally needed to copy files
from an 8" floppy either in ISIS-II or CP/M format
to a PC for archive
on optical media or to email to someone. The Intel MDS systems
I have
run Kermit nicely. And the standard Windows software has hyperterminal
with kermit protocol. So Kermit makes it easy to transfer to/from
dissimilar systems that can't be networked.
Sure it's slow. But it's very stable and reliable.