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- Flash Patch (wr) 26.08.1990 by The Frontier
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- Some of You, who use highspeed or error-correcting modem, will have noticed,
- that Flash has big problems with X/Y-Modem upload when you have connected
- with a higher speed than 2400/NONE. Such uploads are interrupted by a mass
- of errors.
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- Simple problem. Flash, in opposition to the manual, doesn't use RTS/CTS.
- When started, it deactivates your own setting by simply calling Rsconf
- without the appropriate setting. So you have problems when uploading with
- blocksizes higher 128 Bytes (MNP-modems with 2400 bps normally have a 256
- byte nuffer for input). When downloading with Flash, you should have no
- problems, because the code is fast enough to store the data between two
- blocks without a timeout. Only at 19200 baud it can occure, that you
- might have errors. If Flash would use RTS/CTS protocoll, this could work
- too.
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- For the solution of this I have written FLASHPAT, which patches the main-
- program FLASH.PRG so that it correctly activates RTS/CTS. After starting
- FLASHPAT from the Desktop, you have to choose 'FLASH.PRG' in the fileselector
- and then the choice between patching Flash for RTS/CTS or patching it back
- to the original code, so that you don't have to have Flash on your disk
- two times, but can swith between the settings by simply use of FLASHPAT.
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- * Note, that you must not have FLASH packed using something like *
- * PFXPAK or DC_SQUISH, otherwhise Flash will not be patched *
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- FLASHPAT precautionary tests the program choosen for really being
- FLASH. If not, you will get an error message.
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- Have fun with your stressfree uploads.......The Frontier
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