In article <[log in to unmask]>,
[log in to unmask] (March Hare) writes:
> At any rate, on MIAVX1, about the only thing that is older than Kermit is
> ZModem.  On OCEAN, however, we finally get C-Kermit.  The first time I
> tried it, without any parameters, I was pretty impressed.  Last night, I
> SET SEND PACKET-LENGTH 1024 {notice the dash, unlike the underscore in
> the older Kermit}.  Then, SET BLOCK 2.  I honestly could not tell the
> difference in speed between it and what ZModem used to do for me.  I
> wish I could get ZModem working again just to time the difference, but I
> really think it's about the same (at least, in human terms).  I can now
> see why there are some loyal Kermit fans out in net-land.
 
Actually, C-Kermit is the version running on MIAVX1 and OCEAN.  This change
was made on January 10, 1994 and documented here in an earlier news post.
 
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