On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 7:32 PM Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com> wrote:

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

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