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From: dg@lakart.UUCP (David Goodenough)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Hardwired "g" protocol values
Message-ID: <455@lakart.UUCP>
Date: 1 Mar 89 22:03:41 GMT
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Organization: Lakart Corporation, Newton, MA
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csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst) sez:
] zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) writes:
]>The packet size information is exchanged during the handshake process, but
]>something isn't handled quite right.
] 
] True. There are hardwired constants in places, and fixed size buffers.
] 
]>Maybe some combinations work - HDB/HDB or BSD/BSD.
] 
] Nope. Sometimes you get lucky, but that's about it.
] 
]>We need a good PD uucp implementation that does it right.  
] 
] Several people have done this in their own UUCP's. Just don't call your new
] protocol 'g', or you'll break all the existing implementations.

Reading between the lines, if I create a new "g" protocol UUCICO I'd better
keep to 64 byte packets, and a window size of 3 (I think that's how everyone
else does it). If this is the case I'm real glad, as it makes my job about
1000 times easier!!

Am I correct, or way out in left field?

		Thanks for any advice,
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