In article <1995Feb3.170131.38717@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (Bob
Williams) writes:
> In article <1995Feb3.014754.38658@miavx1>, [log in to unmask]
writes:
>> Has anyone else been experiencing downloading problems?
>>
>> Kermit has been much, much slower lately and it seems as if it's
>> sending smaller packets.  and my terminal program can do nothing
>> about it.
>>
>> I've been told to use Z-modem instead, but when I select "miavx1"
>> at hal, vax still doesn;t understand "sz".  I don't get it.
>>
>> kim.
>
> You're not the only one. A couple of friends of mine who were barely able to
> d/l before are now unable to at all,
 
Are your friends using the old version of MS-Kermit (version 3.11) and
trying to download binary files that were ftped?  There was a bug in
Version 3.11 of MSKermit that could cause this problem.  MCIS placed a
workaround in the last version of VMS Kermit to fix this problem, but it
caused performance penalties with the newer versions of Kermit, so we took
it back out.  The older version of Kermit is still available by using the
ocmmand OLDKERMIT.  But the correct answer is to pick up a new copy of
MS-Kermit from 352 Gaskill Hall or at one of the MCIS Microcenters.
 
> and I've experienced about a 60% decrease
> in performance, with both kermit and zmodem. It's been like this for a couple
> of weeks.
>
> As an aside, the lines of have been much busier than usual, as well. It often
> takes me 45-60 minutes of repeated dialing to get on, even at 3 in the
morning.
> Perhaps the load is slowing everything down?
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                                     Kent Covert, Software Coordinator
                                     Miami Computing and Information Services
                                     Miami University, Oxford, OH
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