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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Atalk III 1.0e
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Date: 17 Jan 89 07:37:44 GMT
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In article <6818@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green) writes:
|That's just one example of why Xmodem is brain-dead for use with
|non-CP/M systems. I personally use Batch Ymodem or Zmodem whenever
|possible, just to bypass those problems.

Smart idea. And since now most BBSs and public networks support either
one of those (or kermit which also has no "chopping" problems) there
is really no need to use XMODEM (which moreover is way much slower
than ZMODEM or YMODEM Batch).

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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