On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 07:26:09PM -0700, Warner Losh
wrote:
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?
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.
Warner