[TUHS] Re: Stdin Redirect in Cu History/Alternatives?

[Bakul Shah <bakul@iitbombay.org>]

> On Dec 10, 2022, at 6:39 PM, Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 07:33:54PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> OK, that is cool, but my question was what problem does it solve that
> we face today?  Other than talking to 30-40 year old hardware.  Why is
> Kermit still a thing?

I used it to connect to various RaspberryPis. Also to check what a
GPS dongle was outputting. My ~/.kermrc has a date of Oct 2019. Later
switched to minicom/picocom. Don't recall why. Kermit has a decent
help system.