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From: alan@ukpoit.co.uk (Alan Barclay)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Updated rz/sz (Zmodem) for Unix and VMS now available
Keywords: modem,xmodem,ymodem,zmodem,unix,vax,vms,omen,forsberg
Message-ID: <1991Apr23.154608.4697@ukpoit.co.uk>
Date: 23 Apr 91 15:46:08 GMT
References: <77@omen.UUCP> <1991Apr14.204427.12168@athena.mit.edu> <80@omen.UUCP>
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In article <80@omen.UUCP> caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) writes:
>In article <1991Apr14.204427.12168@athena.mit.edu> jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
>-  Now, please answer the question I asked -- for people who either want to or
>-have to continue to use xmodem, how are they supposed to get around the fact
>
>Cannot upgrade from xmodem to ZMODEM??  Specifics, please??
>

OK, I'll bite.

I use a Psion Organiser, Model LZ64, the RS232 cable comes with software
which supports 3 protocols, ASCII, Psion (an nonstandard protocol), and
XModem. Therefore if I want to transfer a file from my Organiser to a
unix box I have to use XModem.

>There are many xmodem for Unix programs available, and their continuing
>popularity suggests these specialized programs may be better suited to the
>xmodem mentality than rz.

You can't have it both ways. Either you support XModem, and do it properly
or you don't and take the code out of rz. Which is it to be?
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