Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!ogicse!plains!wilken
From: wilken@plains.UUCP (Scott Wilken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Cat-Fur
Message-ID: <3715@plains.UUCP>
Date: 7 Mar 90 06:23:58 GMT
References: <1279@carroll1.cc.edu>
Reply-To: wilken@plains.UUCP (Scott Wilken)
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Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo
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In article <1279@carroll1.cc.edu> acct069@carroll1.cc.edu (Ron) writes:
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>
>Well, a friend of mine is interested in adapting this program for use with
>external "hayes" compatable modems, and is looking for the source code for
>a current version.  If you have a copy, or know of a place where one can
>be had, please drop me a note.
>

You wont be able to accomplish this if you want it to be compatable with
the actual Apple-Cat modems for transfer.

The thing that made Cat Fur so cool is that it transfered at 1200 baud 
between 2 300 baud apple-cats using its built in 202 mode.  The protocol
hayes 1200's (and any other widely used brand) uses is Bell 212.  The
two are *NOT* compatable.  If you are going to use this between two modems
that are naturally 1200 baud (or higher), whats the point.  Ymodem sends
larger packets than Cat-fur, and should (note: *SHOULD*, I dont know the
specifics of the actual transfer operations) be faster than cat-fur.

What it boils down to is that Cat-fur is hardware dependant on the 202 
protocol, and is just about worthless for use as a means of common file
transfer.

Scott


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