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Date   : Sat, 13 Jun 1992 21:07:58 GMT
From   : mccc!pjh@princeton.edu (Pete Holsberg)
Subject: Re: Kaypro Liquidation

In article <1992Jun11.220912.28855@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> wieland@ea.ecn.purdue.edu
(Jeffrey J Wieland) writes:
=I've used my '84 2X as a terminal at 19200 bps.  How, you ask?  Interrupts!
=If you have a copy of Mite that came with your Kaypro, you're all set for
=speedy communications.  Mite is pretty bogus as far as scripts goes, and
=my version lacks the nifty long packet Y- and Z-Modem stuff, but it gets
=the job done.  And it uses interrupts to avoid dropping characters.

=Their is a P.D. program on Simtel20 in the Kaypro directory (called 
=fastterm or something *term) that also uses interrupts, but it can't
=perform file transfers, and you have to reboot your Kaypro when you
=are finished.  The source is there too for your hacking pleasure.

Wasn't there a version of YAM for the Kaypro? That'll do terminal
emulation and file transfer, although I don't know whether ZMODEM came
after MS-DOS or before.

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