Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!brolga!uqcspe!cs.uq.oz.au!warwick From: warwick@cs.uq.oz.au (Warwick Allison) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: rufus Message-ID: <778@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> Date: 15 Apr 91 00:03:38 GMT Article-I.D.: uqcspe.778 References: Sender: news@cs.uq.oz.au Reply-To: warwick@cs.uq.oz.au Lines: 23 wolfram@cip-s08.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Wolfram Roesler) writes: >>[with the] internal Xmodem or Ymodem, it does a disk access every kilobyte. >>Needless to say, this is not good. Is there a way around this, or are >>you pretty much expected to use the external Zmodem that is provided? >Using ZModem is highly recommended. My version of rz only accesses the disk >at the end of the file, meaning that it receives the file into memory and >then saves it after EOT. >I have never tried the internal X/YModem. The external ZModem is much better, >also because it starts automatically. Trouble is, I can't get Zmodem to work in multi-tasking mode when using RUFUS as a desk accessory. X/Y is slightly slower, but when you can do other work while the download is taking place, who cares! Rufus is really great! Warwick. -- _--_|\ warwick@cs.uq.oz.au / * <-- Computer Science Department, \_.--._/ University of Queensland, v AUSTRALIA.