Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!bbn!rochester!PT.CS.CMU.EDU!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ From: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Zmodem Message-ID: Date: 25 Mar 88 21:13:28 GMT References: <8803150217.AA15365@jade.berkeley.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Lines: 19 In-Reply-To: <8803150217.AA15365@jade.berkeley.edu> SLMYQ@USU.BITNET (Bryan Ford in disguise) writes: > Now here's the problem. All the Usenet-ites *still* haven't figured out > a way to implement external protocols. What do you think the discussion about IPC is for? Once an IPC standard exists, it won't be difficult to write a file transfer program for whatever wacko protocol is invented tomorrow. And once it's done, every communications program that speaks the IPC standard will be able to use it. That's much more powerful than having just one program able to use protocol modules. --M Michael Portuesi / Carnegie Mellon University ARPA/UUCP: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu BITNET: rainwalker@drycas "talking about music is like dancing about architecture" -- laurie anderson