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- From: smace@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Mace)
- Subject: Re: *** WHAT'S THE BEST COMM PROTOCOL ***
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.234839.18768@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec21.181829.4391@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> <olevnmr.725048641@sunfun>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 23:48:39 GMT
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- In article <olevnmr.725048641@sunfun> olevnmr@chem.ualberta.ca (olevnmr) writes:
- >dml7@navaho.cc.bellcore.com (lee,danny) writes:
- >
- >>i'm having trouble deciding which communications protocol package to
- >>use on my pc. i was using kermit and still using it. however,
- >>someone mentioned to me that zmodem was much better and faster.
- >>one can assume that speed and reliability are the main factors
- >>to consider. which one (kermit or zmodem, or any other ones)
- >>would permit one to download/upload most efficiently and most
- >>quickly? obviously, modem speed plays a role as well. please
- >>e-mail me below or post. i will summarize should there be enough
- >>interest. thanks in advance.
- >
- >>dan
- >
- >> ________/----------------------/______
- >> / Danny / dml7@cc.bellcore.com / 1992 /
- >>/_______/----------------------/______/
- >
- >
- >Just one thing to say here..
- >DON'T USE KERMIT!!!!!!
- >
- >I recently was using kermit on my 1200 baud (gasp!) modem to load files
- >from a unix box to my PC. The actual data transfer rate with kermit was
- >about 30-35 cps. I found that it is about 2.5 times faster to uuencode
- >files, transfer them as text, and then decode them. (4 times faster data
- >transfer, but 1.37 times filesize increase by uuencoding) I would love to
- >use zmodem, but unfortunately none of our machines at work support it,
- >and I don't know offhand of a free unix package that does. Of course,
- >what I really want is a 14.4 kbps modem... :-)
- >
- >
- >---> Colin
- >
- >
- Kermit is supported on such a variety of machines. BTW with a 14.4
- modem I CAN get about 18000bps on a zip file. under KERMIT!
-
- Scott Mace
-
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