Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!omen!caf
From: caf@omen.UUCP (WA7KGX)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Initial delay with X/Y/ZModem
Message-ID: <36@omen.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jul 90 03:59:40 GMT
References: <1990Jul8.193633.9450@kth.se>
Reply-To: caf@omen.UUCP (WA7KGX)
Organization: Omen Technology Inc
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In article <1990Jul8.193633.9450@kth.se> d88-eli@dront.nada.kth.se (Erik Liljencrantz) writes:
:Why does these protocols (and probably several others) wait several seconds
:before the first packer is transfered? I'm transfering files from a PC to a
:UN*X host running rb (receive ymodem). Can I tell rb something special to
:not wait? Or is it the sending side that is waiting (unnessecarily)?

If you use rz on Unix and DSZ, ZCOMM or Pro-YAM on the calling machine
you should have no delay beyond that required to load and run rz.

Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX          ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf 
Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, Professional-YAM, ZCOMM, and DSZ
  Omen Technology Inc    "The High Reliability Software"
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