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From: lhotka@incstar.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: HandShake 2.20c DOES work with xprzmodem
Message-ID: <2598.27ba56d7@incstar.uucp>
Date: 14 Feb 91 09:22:31 GMT
References: <1718@public.BTR.COM> <1991Feb12.134052.27100@sarah.albany.edu>
Organization: INCSTAR Corp, Stillwater MN
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In article <1991Feb12.134052.27100@sarah.albany.edu>, hb136@leah.albany.edu (Herb Brown) writes:
> In article <1718@public.BTR.COM> thad@btr.btr.com writes:
>>
>>Having read "HandShake gurus my machine" the past several days, I really
>>didn't believe it, so I ftp'd HandShake-2.20c.lzh from ab20.larc.nasa.gov
>>and tried for myself using the xprzmodem.library "2.0 (28 Oct 1989)" and
>>it works just fine ... in fact, VERY impressively.
>>
> I must add my DITTOs to Thad's. It worked for me too.
> 
> I also would like to add my thanks to Eric (for HandShake), Willy (for VLT),
> Jack (for Jrcomm), and Marco (for ATalkIII). You people have given us a
> choice. What would telecommunications be like without that choice?!?
> 

More praise - rather than duplicate what has been said I'll just agree
wholeheartedly!

However, Handshake 2.20c does tend to be a bit flaky with the xpr
calling...  I find that about 80% of my transfers work great and then I
guru.  I have been trying to figure out exactly what I am doing different
in the cases where it crashes, but there does not appear to be a pattern...
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