--- On Mon, 4/11/11, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
If you're talking about xmodem/ymodem,
you're likely
talking about installing firmware. I'm talking about
using kermit (the program, not the file transfer protocol)
to interact with embedded machines for interactive
configuration and/or debugging. This is extremely
common.
Yes - using kermit as a terminal emulator is very common. It can be less of a pain to work
with than minicom.
-Ian