• gkerm v1.01

    From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to All on Fri Sep 1 08:07:00 2023
    Hello,

    After talking about Kermit (and G-Kermit) a bit around here, I decided I wanted to give it a shot on the Windows side (tested on Windows 7 32-bit)
    so I managed to compile it with Cygwin and also created a shim called 'gkerm' that redirects it's i/o. G-Kermit isn't meant for BBS software even remotely so there are some caveats (mainly stuff like there isn't a way to track whether individual files completed or not, just all-or nothing, so it'd be easy to cheat by downloading 40 files and then cancelling on the 41st) but it seems to work pretty well.

    Downloads FROM the BBS usually get me something like 6MB/s but uploads seem to behave quite poorly (~100kB/s .. conversely Mystic's zmodem seems to behave the opposite .. can upload to it at 5MB/s+ and download at a few hundred...)

    I haven't tested it with Synchronet, but assuming the batch xfer file is always named "BATCHDN.LST' (I just peeked at the source briefly) it should autodetect batch downloads the same.

    Some software that supports Kermit:

    ZOC ( https://www.emtec.com/zoc/index.html ) - Has a demo version, but I love this program so I paid for it ..

    Qodem ( https://qodem.sourceforge.io/ ) - I didn't test it, but it should work

    And finally the transfer protocol: http://dcclost.com/files/gk-v1.01.zip

    Let me know if you try it out :)

    Alex

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to fusion on Fri Sep 1 11:09:14 2023
    Re: gkerm v1.01
    By: fusion to All on Fri Sep 01 2023 08:07 am


    Downloads FROM the BBS usually get me something like 6MB/s but uploads seem to behave quite poorly (~100kB/s .. conversely Mystic's zmodem seems to behave the opposite .. can upload to it at 5MB/s+ and download at a few hundred...)



    are you downloading to yourself at home?
    or from another location?
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