11 Dec
2022
11 Dec
'22
8:49 a.m.
On Dec 10, 2022, at 6:39 PM, Larry McVoy
<lm(a)mcvoy.com> wrote:
On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 07:33:54PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
I used it to connect to various RaspberryPis. Also to check what a
GPS dongle was outputting. My ~/.kermrc has a date of Oct 2019. Later
switched to minicom/picocom. Don't recall why. Kermit has a decent
help system.
On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 7:32 PM Larry McVoy
<lm(a)mcvoy.com> wrote:
OK, that is cool, but my question was what problem does it solve that
we face today? Other than talking to 30-40 year old hardware. Why is
Kermit still a thing? On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 07:26:09PM -0700, Warner
Losh wrote:
Talking to my DEC Rainbow and downloading files to it? It was the go-to
protocol of choice. Xmodem is available, but messes up file sizes. kermit
just works with this device that's so slow it drops characters at 2400 baud. On Sat, Dec 10, 2022, 7:16 PM Larry McVoy
<lm(a)mcvoy.com> wrote:
> Wow, Kermit is still around? I think the last time I used that was
> around 1985.
>
> Are modems still a thing?
I used it last year... without a modem.
What problem does it solve that is not solved?