11 Apr
2011
11 Apr
'11
10:34 a.m.
On 4/11/11 12:52 PM, Pete Turnbull wrote:
It was originally designed for serial lines, and
designed specifically
to be reliable. If left at the safest settings for an unknown
connection, yes, it would be slower than, say, Z-modem, but properly
configured, it would actually be just as fast as anything else.
Sometimes faster, actually. And it would work in lots of places Z-modem
and its parents wouldn't. As for "rarely supported", if you mean on
BBSs, probably, but it actually has far wider OS support than anything
else I can think of, and lots of places still use it for serial
connections.
Exactly. Here are some settings from my ~/.kermrc that I use for
good file transfer performance on low-latency connections:
set rec packet 4096
set send packet 4096
set window 4
set block 3
set file type binary
As Ian said, it's been stable for ages, so if it
ain't broke...
Yep. It's probably one of the few instances of a software project
being truly "done".
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL