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From: v128ll9e@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Richard B Wicks)
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Subject: Question about a possible transfer protocol
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Date: 9 Nov 90 03:09:52 GMT
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	I was thinking late at night on how I could make a brand new and really
fast transfer protocol.  This is (I think) a completely new idea.  It occured to
me that the only way to really speed up a transfer is the have the receiving 
computer send NO information back to the sending computer.
	The way that it would work (for error checking) is have the sending
computer would send a CRC check every 1024 bytes.  The receiving computer would
independently compute the CRC and compare them, if they are different, then and
only then would the receiving computer send anything back.
	My question:  would this speed up transfers?  It seems to me that it
would have to if you programmed to protocol to take advantage of the
multitasking ability of the Amiga.  The only problem is getting some poeple
to adopt the protocol.

-Rich