Transferring files to and from PC's

To transfer files between a personal computer and your account, you use a file transfer protocol to ensure that no errors occur during the transmission. The file transfer protocol supported here at UCI is called Kermit. For compatibility reasons, the older XMODEM protocol is available through the "xmodem" program. Kermit is more accurate than XMODEM and can be used in more "hostile" environments. If you have a choice, you should use Kermit.

In both cases, you need a program on your personal computer which uses one (or both) of these protocols. Versions of Kermit for PC-DOS and Macintosh systems are available from the NACS main office, 360 Computer Science.

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