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From: Tom_Klok@mindlink.bc.ca (Tom Klok)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Zmodem?
Message-ID: <6193@mindlink.bc.ca>
Date: 9 Jun 91 23:09:04 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> tnfw0@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
> 
>    I would be most appreciative if someone could point me to a terminal
> program for the 8-bits that supports Z-Modem transfers.

I wouldn't hold your breath. :)

Zmodem, like all windowed protocols, requires that the computer can talk to the
modem and talk to the drive at the same time.  That's possible under some
circumstances, like using a MIO serial port or a ramdisk.  But for most people
who have SIO modems and drives, it's pretty much impossible.

Someone might write it, but it would be wierd.  Zmodem is a lot more complex to
implement than, say, Ymodem, it gives only slightly better performance, and it
would only work on a very small subset of Atari 8bit systems.  Who'd bother?

Tom

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