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From: mikej@cpmain.UUCP (Michael R. Johnston)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: 'g' & packet sizes & extensions
Message-ID: <192@cpmain.UUCP>
Date: 7 Sep 88 11:18:12 GMT
References: <10500001@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu> <7272@bigtex.uucp>
Reply-To: mikej@.UUCP (Michael R. Johnston)
Organization: Career Employment Service, Westbury, NY
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In article <7272@bigtex.uucp> james@bigtex.UUCP (James Van Artsdalen) writes:
>It would be better to add a new protocol to solve these problems,
>something with a real CRC instead of a simple checksum and much lower
>overhead (preferably streaming).  Also worth the effort is that
>ability to continue aborted transfers (this involves changing the
>transaction protocol, not the packet protocol).

Might it be a good idea to use the zmodem protocol and merge it into
UUCICO? The sources are readily available and it could probably be
hacked fairly easily to fit within the confines of the uucp world.


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