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From: johnl@ima.UUCP
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Subject: Re: MNP Proposed as Industry Standard
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Date: Wed, 1-Jan-86 23:12:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  1 23:12:00 1986
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Nf-From: ima!johnl    Jan  1 23:12:00 1986


There seems to be some confusion as to whether it is possible to implement
MNP on a regular computer, rather than in the modem.  The answer seems to be
yes, since I am at this moment typing on an IBM PC running a modem program
from Microcom which implements MNP with (I think) no help from the modem.

MNP is actually a family of protocols, including reliable link mode, which
is like Telnet, and reliable file transfer which is like FTP.  The reliable
link mode does seem not to allow breaks, and is a little spazzy in very
interactive use.  I usually use it when dialing into Telenet, logging in to
some computer and having it blat a lot of data at me, which works well.  The
file transfer mode works great and seems to be faster than any other commonly
available PC protocol.  (RBBS-PC, a common bulletin board program, supports it.)
It's a big win over XMODEM.  There are also features that I don't really
understand which are supposed to help when transferring files between computers
that have different opinions about e.g. end of line characters.

John Levine, ima!johnl