This area contains the C Kermit program as updated since Spring 1993.
Also present are a number of TCP/IP related packages for MSDOS, since
C Kermit can be used through TCP/IP connections also as a control program.

The C Kermit release supports windowing, large packets, and an extensive
script language. The script language documentation available free is
only partial. Full documentation may be obtained through the book
on C Kermit available from Digital Press.

It is reported that if you configure C Kermit so that it will not quote
control characters other than ^S, ^Q, ^A, and return, and use the
large packets and multiple windows, its transfer performance can exceed
any other current protocol for asynchronous communication. The default
setup can be modified via a kermit initiator file, but ordinarily quotes
all control characters. It is a feature of this implementation to support
a protocol extension which makes this optional for all but a few
characters, so that where an "8-bit-clean" line exists, Kermit suffers
from no relative disadvantage with respect to protocols like Xmodem,
Ymodem, or Zmodem. 

Your librarian does not know exact relative performances of these
protocols, but C Kermit is a most current one of its type and these
features do represent relaxation of a restriction which has long
hampered Kermit speed.