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From: shihsun@der.Princeton.EDU (Shih-ping S Sun)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Ymodem
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Date: 7 May 91 18:49:10 GMT
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In article <4875@gumby.Altos.COM> jerry@altos.Altos.COM (Jerry Gardner) writes:
>I'm implementing the Ymodem protocol in my communications program and I'm
>puzzled by several things in the specification (from a company called Omen
>Technology).
>[some stuff taken out]	
>Is there a better Ymodem specification available?  The Omen Tech. spec. has
>holes and ommissions big enough to drive a truck through.  I need something
>more rigorous.

Well... if you are developing this on a PC, you could just do a system
call and run DSZ in Ymodem mode... this would probably be the easiest
way to do this.  A further advantage would be that users of your term
program would be able to upgrade to the latest version of DSZ whenever
one comes out, which seems to be about every 4 months.

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