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From: rfox@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Richard Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.misc,comp.protocols.misc
Subject: Re: Inquiry on the program 'blast'
Message-ID: <59@amelia.nas.nasa.gov>
Date: 29 Dec 87 01:53:18 GMT
References: <335@caus-dp.UUCP> <2395@macom1.UUCP>
Reply-To: rfox@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Richard Fox)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
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In article <2395@macom1.UUCP> michael@macom1.UUCP (John Michael Mullins) writes:
>in article <335@caus-dp.UUCP>, root@caus-dp.UUCP (The Super User) says:
>They (Communications Research Corp.) make the claim that BLAST will run on
>_any_ system, (If it doesn't yet, they will make BLAST do so for some $$$).
>At the time I had dealings with them, BLAST was the only communications
>package that was certified 100% error free by the Bureau os Standards.
>
>I used the product to transfer files between an Intel 310 (Xenix 3.2) and
>an Amdhal (TSO?).  Other boxes include Mac and CP/M.  
>
>John Michael Mullins

John, 

	do you have any performance measurements that you could share
with the net? Also can you tell us basically what kind of protocol is
used?



thanks
	richard fox
	rfox@ames-amelia.ARPA
	(415)694-4358