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On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 10:20:39PM +0200, Gerhard Hoogterp wrote: |
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> On Sunday 25 June 2006 22:02, John J. Foster wrote: |
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> > On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 12:46:16PM -0700, Lord Sauron wrote: |
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> > > I have it on extremely good authority that it goes 2MB/sec. |
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> > |
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> > it's always a good thing to question authority. |
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> Well, the used protocol has to do with it too.. and what I remember from my |
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> BBS days is that kermit is extremely reliable and runs on more or less |
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> everything, but also that it does give a new meening to the word slow.. |
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> zmodem or even sealink would already improve a lot.. |
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Man, this thread hurts. I _had_ forgotten fighting kermit to communicate |
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to a Prime 650 (running Primos 18 something I think). God that was |
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awful! |
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later, |
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festus |
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-- |
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It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a |
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clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. |
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Noam Chomsky |
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