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From: anthes@geocub.UUCP (Franklin Anthes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Suggestion for vt100r2.8: external file-transfer programs
Message-ID: <195@geocub.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jan 88 17:35:52 GMT
Reply-To: anthes@geocub.UUCP (Franklin Anthes)
Organization: Greco-Programmation, Bordeaux. France
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Posted: Wed Jan 13 17:35:52 1988

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 Here's my idea. instead of adding the `n' file-transfer protocols to the
`m' communications programs why couldn't there be a menu selection which
would :
	a) stop accepting input from keyboard until same menu item selected
	b) either open serial port in shared mode, or close serial port until
	  user requests it to be reopened using menu item.

So then any stand alone file-transfer program could work with a terminal
program which did this.

 I have just about finished a stand alone version of ZModem which could take
advantage of this technique. By the way zmodem gets about 3 times the effective
data transfer speed of either kermit or xmodem (for me anyway).

 I would really like this feature to appear in the new release of vt100!

 So what have I forgotten? And what do you think about the idea?
-- 

	Frank Anthes-Harper
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