It looks like Kermit (well, for windows certainly) has stagnated, which is a shame. C-Kermit might be a different proposition.
On 20 April 2016 at 16:50, Sampsa Laine <samp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ethan, > > I use Kermit for basically all connections to servers, even modern ones > that use SSH (you can do a SET HOST /PTY <ssh script name> to connect) so > that I can do inline file transfers quickly instead of having to open > another window for doing an scp/sftp.. > > Works brilliantly. > > Sampsa > > > On 20 Apr 2016, at 18:45, Ken Cornetet < > ken.corne...@kimballelectronics.com> wrote: > > > > I tried something like that using RTE Kermit under RTE-6/VM on the > hp2100. I could never make it work reliably, and even when it did work, the > performance was horrible. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Simh [mailto:simh-boun...@trailing-edge.com] On Behalf Of Dr > Eberhard W Lisse > > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 11:09 AM > > To: ethan.di...@gmail.com; bill...@suddenlink.net > > Cc: simh@trailing-edge.com > > Subject: Re: [Simh] text from openvms > > > > Posted this a while back to the kermit newsgroup: > > > > [...] > > So I downloaded CKV211-VAX-VMS73-NONET.EXE and put that in the ISO, > fired up kermit on the netbook (I keep it an EVERY machine I ever > > use!) and ssh'ed to the localhost, fire up the simulator, log on, fire > up CKV211-VAX-VMS73-NONET.EXE into servermode and Frank is your uncle :-)-O > > > > At least for text files (for the time being) :-)-O [...] > > > > Kermit always works! > > > > el > > > > > > On 2016-04-20 15:43, Ethan Dicks wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 9:16 PM, Bill Cunningham < > bill...@suddenlink.net> wrote: > >>> People tell me kermit in vms can be a pain. > >> > >> We used Kermit on VMS everyday back in the 80s. It was terrific. > >> You do have to know how to use Kermit (the default option settings > >> aren't always the best choice) and you have to understand that files > >> on VMS are record-oriented not streams-of--bytes, so moving *binary* > >> files to/from VMS is not so trivial (EXEs aren't bad because they are > >> fixed-length 512-byte record and you can tell Kermit what you are up > >> to so you write the correct format on the VMS side, .OLB and other > >> types of random-length-record files aren't so easy - we used to wrap > >> binaries up in a text format that preserved the record-size meta-data > >> and send text files. Kermit is superb at that). It's not Kermit that > >> makes this "difficult", it's RMS on VMS that makes it more complicated > >> than files on UNIX or DOS or whatever else. All heterogenous file > >> transfer techniques have the same hurdles. > >> > >> So since your use-case is moving text in and out of VMS, Kermit is an > >> excellent choice that is not difficult to set up. > >> > >> -ethan > > > > > > -- > > Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (Saar) > > e...@lisse.na / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) > > PO Box 8421 \ / > > Bachbrecht, Namibia ;____/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Simh mailing list > > Simh@trailing-edge.com > > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh > > _______________________________________________ > > Simh mailing list > > Simh@trailing-edge.com > > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh > > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > Simh@trailing-edge.com > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh >
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