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From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Source & Docs for Opus ZModem Available
Message-ID: <1810@cadovax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 16-Oct-87 14:46:17 EDT
Article-I.D.: cadovax.1810
Posted: Fri Oct 16 14:46:17 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 18-Oct-87 08:34:09 EDT
References: <959@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Organization: Contel Business Systems, Torrance, CA
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In article <959@cup.portal.com> Rick_Allen_Huebner@cup.portal.com writes:
>
>   Have I got a deal for you...
>
>   I'm the developer of the ZModem file transfer protocol implementation used
>in the Opus BBS system. ZModem is about the best protocol available for micros
>these days, and users worldwide have been enjoying its use on Opus for some
>time now.  But I have a problem... my BBS is Amiga-oriented, not PClone-
>oriented like most other Opus boards.  And there are no PD/Shareware ZModem
>capable terminal programs available for my users to use!  

Ok, so what does ZModem do that's fantastic?  I've been enjoying comm
1.34's WXmodem (xmodem with sliding windows) speed, and been frustrated that
most of the BBS's don't support it.  And what I really want, is the 
ability in a comm program to be transferring a file via xmodem to a
friend, and while it's doing it, we're conversing over another window
with the characters being send interleaved with the XModem blocks.  Comm
1.34 seems like it is supposed to do that, (It's got a window for it)
but I haven't been able to make it happen.

I can't get too excited about adding yet another xmodem version to all the
terminal programs which will end up making them all larger, more buggy,
and take longer for them to be released.  But I guess I can understand
why someone would.  Knowing a little more about what using ZModem buys
us might make it a little easier to gain support, and from your
posting, I haven't the faintest idea.  'best protocol available' sounds
like marketing hype to me, without some real information.

Keith Doyle
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