11 Apr
2011
11 Apr
'11
6:20 a.m.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Geoff Oltmans <oltmansg at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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?
As far as I can tell, Kermit was initially intended for use over
serial links. A lot of its poor performance (which wasn't actually so
bad over a decent link to a big iron system) comes from the fact that
it places data integrity over speed in its priority list. While this
was considered a bad thing in the world of BBSes, where slow links
meant that every last bit per second was valuable, for faster local or
leased line serial links there was no issue. Additionally, the focus
on data integrity means that Kermit can be very useful over marginal
lines such as third world telephone lines or ham radio modems.
Mike