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- ╘HIS EXPERIMENTAL ROUTINE IS DESIGNED TO TRANSFER FILES USING THE ╪═╧─┼═-1K
- AND ┘═╧─┼═ VARIANTS OF THE BASIC ╪═╧─┼═ PROTOCOL. ╘HE MAIN DISTINCTION AND
- ADVANTAGE OF THE EXTENDED PROTOCOLS IS THE USE OF LONGER (1024-BYTE) BLOCKS
- RATHER THAN STANDARD ╪═╧─┼═'S SHORT (128-BYTE) BLOCKS.
- ╠ONGER BLOCKS REDUCE INTER-BLOCK DELAYS AND THUS SPEED UP TRANSFERS - MOST
- PARTICULARLY WHEN USING HIGHER SPEEDS (1200/2400 BIT/SEC) FOR COMMUNICATION,
- AND WHEN TRANSFERRING VERY LONG FILES.
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- ╞OR MAXIMUM EFFECT, THE FILES SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO/FROM ╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠ ╧╬┼'S MAIN
- BUFFER, OR A ╥┴═DISK OR A HIGH-SPEED REAL DISK; ACCESSING REAL DISK VIA THE
- STANDARD SERIAL PORT OF THE 64 WILL OTHERWISE LIMIT THE TRANSFER SPEED
- ATTAINABLE.
- ╘HE ROUTINE WILL RECEIVE (DOWNLOAD) FILES USING WHICHEVER ╪═╧─┼═ PROTOCOL
- VARIANT THE SENDING COMPUTER USES. ╘HE FIRST TIME A FILE IS SENT (UPLOADED)
- YOU WILL BE ASKED TO SELECT THE VARIANT TO BE USED. ╘HIS CHOICE WILL BE USED
- FOR ALL FURTHER UPLOADS; TO CHANGE THE CHOICE, RELOAD THE TRANSFER ROUTINE.
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- ┘═╧─┼═ ╨ROTOCOL
- ╘HE ROUTINE DOES ╬╧╘ SUPPORT ┘═╧─┼═ BATCH TRANSFERS; ONLY SINGLE FILES ARE
- TRANSFERRED.
- ╞OR DOWNLOADS, THE INITIAL BLOCK (WHICH CONTAINS THE FILE NAME) IS IGNORED; YOU
- MUST SET THE FILE NAME YOURSELF. ╞OR UPLOADS, AN INITIAL FILE NAME BLOCK IS
- SENT; FOR A BUFFER TRANSFER THE NAME ╘1┬╒╞╞┼╥.┬╔╬ IS USED, FOR DISK (OR FOR
- ╥┴═DISK) TRANSFERS, THE NAME SENT IS MADE UP OF THE FIRST 8 CHARACTERS OF
- FILE NAME AT THE 64, FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD, AND THEN THE LAST 3 CHARACTERS
- OF THE 64 FILE NAME.
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- ╘HIS ROUTINE - LIKE THE PREVIOUS ╪═╧─┼═-ONLY ROUTINE - USES ├╥├ ERROR-CHECKING
- WHEN POSSIBLE, FALLING BACK TO SIMPLE CHECKSUMS IF THE 'OTHER' COMPUTER NEEDS
- THEM. ╘HE SIMPLE CHECKSUM OPTION IS AVAILABLE FOR ╪═╧─┼═-1K/┘═╧─┼═ FILE
- TRANSFERS, BUT THE USE OF THE MORE RIGOROUS ├╥├ CHECKING IS ╙╘╥╧╬╟╠┘
- RECOMMENDED FOR THE LONG BLOCKS USED WITH THESE PROTOCOL VARIANTS.
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- ╫HEN SENDING (UPLOADING), THE FIRST BLOCK SENT IS ┴╠╫┴┘╙ SHORT (128 BYTES).
- ╘HIS IS TO MAKE RELIABLE THE INITIAL 'ASKING FOR ERROR-CHECK OPTION' HAND-
- SHAKE. MORE.......
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- ╘HIS IS AN ┼╪╨┼╥╔═┼╬╘┴╠ ROUTINE, AND HASHAD ONLY LIMITED USE.
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- ╘HE ROUTINE IS DESIGNED TO WORK WITH VERSION 814 OF ╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠ ╧╬┼; IT WILL
- ALMOST CERTAINLY ╬╧╘ WORK WITH EARLIER VERSIONS.
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- ╒SE AT 300 BIT/SEC COMMUNICATION SPEED WILL LIKELY YIELD ╙╠╧╫┼╥ FILE TRANSFER.
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- ╨HIL ╦EMP
- 1-╧CT-89
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