Re: LYNX-DEV http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month1297/msg00031.html

[David Woolley]

> 
> On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, David Combs wrote:
> >KERMIT does it -- allow resumed downloads.
> ...
> >What DOES make sense is using a "shell account" isp,
> >then you download super-fast TO THAT machine, ie

I suspect that the dropouts are the result of the remote site not being able
to go super-fast to the ISP.

> >where your shell acct is.  THEN you use something
> >like KERMIT to download from there to your
> 
> Well, Zmodem would be better, as it's hella fast, and does support resuming.
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^

That's not true if you use current (last 5 + years) implementations of kermit,
rather than the token implementations in some BBSes and general terminal
emulators.
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