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  9. Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 19:38:28 -0500
  10. From: Doug Ranz <dranz@ibm.net>
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  16. Subject: Re: Xmodem specs required
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  24.  
  25. dave,
  26.  
  27. fdc's post pretty much sums up the limitations of
  28. xmodem.  one other significant limitation that he
  29. overlooked is that xmodem pads files to 128-byte
  30. boundaries.
  31.  
  32. while this is not typically a problem for text
  33. files,  it can make the transfer of binary files
  34. a pretty grim affair.
  35.  
  36. i'm not intending this as a cheap-shot against
  37. ward's original word;  it was great in the early
  38. 1980's.  things have progressed significantly.
  39.  
  40. perhaps you've got enough flexibility to consider
  41. other protocols?  i'm a fan of both zmodem and
  42. kermit.  public domain source code is available for
  43. both ...
  44.  
  45. -doug