11 Apr
2011
11 Apr
'11
11:14 a.m.
What, copying files off of obsolete machines? That's not what I was talking about. How
about a more modern application?
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On Apr 11, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Pete Turnbull <pete at dunnington.plus.com> wrote:
On 11/04/2011 17:39, Geoff Oltmans wrote:
This doesn't strike me as a typical use case
though. :)
Actually that /is/ a typical case. It's exactly the sort of thing
Kermit was designed for, and probably more common than BBSs.
On Apr 11, 2011, at 8:30 AM, Dave Mabry
<dmabry at mich.com> wrote:
> 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.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York