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- XMODEM47.DOC
- (revised 10/20/81)
-
- XMODEM47 is based on the last known reliable working
- copy of xmodem, XMODEM43. XMODEM47 incorporates John
- Mahr's modifications for CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
- verification of the transmitted data. Versions 44 and
- 45 were known to have incorrect coding modifications
- made to them, and XMODEM46 was an experimental copy
- which never should have been released. Its operation
- for all conditionals and options was never verified.
-
- Below is some modification history of XMODEM.
-
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-
-
- [John Mahr's XMODMX41.ASM as modified by Keith Peter-
- sen. The modifications, according to Keith, are
- relatively minor. But the difference between this
- and XMODEM41.ASM is fundamental and parallels the
- difference between MODEM527 and its successor,
- MODEM206 -- XMODEM42 and MODEM206 both use the new
- extended version of the Christensen protocol, and
- have now been worked into relatively final form.]
-
- This program is an extension of Keith Petersen's
- XMODEM program. It adds checking for framing errors,
- overruns, and parity errors. These checks will only
- be made if a PMMI modem is being used. These checks
- were added because sometimes the checksum does not
- catch all transmission errors. Hopefully, by checking
- for framing errors in particular, all transmission
- errors will be caught. This program does not get rid
- of the checksum, but rather adds the framing error,
- overrun, and parity error check to that function. The
- parity error check is only meaningful if parity is being
- used. If parity is not being used, the check will still
- be made, but no parity errors will ever be found.
-
- Whenever a framing error and/or overrun is detected on a
- file receive, the following takes place:
- 1. Purge the line (receive rest of sector and throw
- it away).
- 2. If error limit has not been exceeded, send a
- NAK so that the sender will resend the sector.
- 3. If error limit has been exceeded, abort the
- transmission.
-
- The capability to display the status of the PMMI on a front
- panel has also been added. The default for the front panel
- is port FFh. If you do not have a front panel, then set
- the FRNTPNL EQU to FALSE. If you have a front panel at a
- port other than FFh, then change the PANEL EQU to your port
- address. The status is only displayed when data is being
- by the PMMI modem. See your PMMI manual for the meaning of
- the PMMI status bits.
- - bit 0 is transmit buffer empty
- - bit 1 is input data is available
- - bit 3 is a parity error has been detected
- - bit 4 is an overrun has occurred
- - bit 5 is a framing error has occurred
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