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From: jpn@genrad.com (John P. Nelson)
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Subject: Re: v11i020: Idle demon
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Date: 27 Aug 90 14:30:39 GMT
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>>                     ...  I'd be a little huffy about having my kermit
>>session killed in mid-download because I hadn't sent a keystroke in a
>>while.
>
>But, but, kermit (and all other error-correcting download protocols) send in
>keystrokes all the time!

Not ZMODEM.  ZMODEM only sends "response" characters at the beginning
and end of a transfer, or when an error is detected.

     john nelson

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