@gse Der #AtariST war damals bezahlbar und konnte mehr Speicher adressieren als der PC. Meinen hatte ich per Lötkolben auf gigantische 2,5MB aufgerüstet - beim PC war damals bei 640kB Schluss.

Die Atari-Hardware habe ich zwar heute nicht mehr, aber Daten und Programme habe ich über #zmodem auf meine Linux-Box transferiert, wo sie unter #hatari weiterleben 😉

An addendum - if you have a phone line and #modem, #UUCP can get through just about anything. #ZModem too. These older protocols lack modern security themselves, but will deal with slow and noisy #serial links well. #XBee SX radios provide a serial link they can use.

I am a bit surprised to say I've switched to #KDE. It has a very good tiling window extension, useful integration with #Android, #Zmodem support in #konsole, and, oh yes, EXTERNAL MONITORS JUST WORK RIGHT. https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10338-kde-a-nice-tiling-envieonment-and-a-surprisingly-awesome-de

Today I learned that #konsole has built-in #ZModem support. Why's that cool? You don't have to start a separate scp to transfer files. Say you're ssh'd to some remote box, and there's a file you want to copy of. Just type "sz filename" and Konsole pops up a box asking where to save it. Or you can type "rz" and Konsole will ask you what file you want to send. Nifty.

#screen and #zssh also have ZModem support for features akin to this, though it's easier to have it right in your terminal.

I am looking for a protocol for a single, reliable connection across an unreliable link (eg, #serial line). Something akin to #ZModem or #UUCP protocol g, with automatic resend, etc. I'm going for lower overhead than TCP over PPP, and ideally in a library or command I can pipe to. Unlike zmodem, it's not just for file transfer, but maybe something one could run ssh atop.

Seems this ought to exist, but I'm striking out. Ideas? #askFedi