On Sat, Dec 10, 2022, 7:16 PM Larry McVoy <lm@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.

Warner

> On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 05:42:14PM -0700, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:
> > Clem Cole mentions kermit in connection with the question raised about
> > the uses of the cu utility.
> >
> > As an FYI, Kermit's author, Frank da Cruz, is preparing a final
> > release, version 10.0, and I've been working with him on testing
> > builds in numerous environments.  There are frequent updates during
> > this work, and the latest snapshots can be found at
> >
> >         https://kermitproject.org/ftp/kermit/pretest/
> >
> > The x-YYYYMMDD.* bundles do not contain a leading directory, so be
> > careful to unpack them in an empty directory.  The build relies on a
> > lengthy makefile with platform-specific target names, like irix65,
> > linux, and solaris11: the leading comments in the makefile provide
> > further guidance.
> >
> >
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