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- F)ile transfer protocol: You can save keystrokes by selecting a default
- protocol with the "F" command if you always use the same file transfer
- protocol. Once you have chosen a default, RBBS-PC will use that protocol
- for all file transfers. RBBS-PC realizes that your preferences can
- change, so you can always alter your default protocol with the "F"
- command.
-
- TIPS:
-
- 1. You may want not to have a default transfer protocol if you use
- a variety of protocols. Select the <N>one option and RBBS-PC will ask for
- your preferred protocol before each file transfer.
-
- 2. You should check your communications software package to determine
- which protocols you can use. Currently available protocols on RBBS-PC
- are:
- <A)scii, <X>modem, <C>Xmodem/CRC, or <K>ermit
-
- 3. You can override the default my specifying the protocol on the same
- command line as <D>ownload or <U>pload. E.g. "D;SD.COM;C" downloads
- file SD.COM in Xmodem/CRC no matter what the default protocol is.
-
- 4. Files containing the IBM PC special ASCII characters (ones with
- ASCII values above 128) need to be transferred using error checking --
- this includes Wordstar files. These files cannot be transferred in ASCII.
-
- 5. Use A)scii transfer if you want to read a file as it is transferred,
- (e.g., if you cannot or don't want to save files to disk or printer on
- your system).
-
- What Each Protocol Means
-
- A)scii: The ASCII file transfer protocol is supported by most personal
- computer systems and software communications packages.
-
- TIPS: ASCII is the fastest transfer protocol, but it will transfer
- only text like this message and does not check for transmission errors.
-
- Use one of the other protocols (Xmodem, CRC Xmodem, or Kermit) to
- transfer files with .EXE, .OBJ, .COM, or .ARC extensions, BASIC files
- saved without the "A" parameter, or any other form of binary file. An
- error checking protocol will check to see whether there were any errors
- in tranmission, and if, so, automatically retransmit.
-
- A)scii transfer is best for text files unless you need a guarantee that
- there are no transmission errors in the data. The file will scroll across
- your screen as it is being sent so that you can read it at that time.
- Using 1200 baud or higher may tax your speed reading capability, however.
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-
- C)RC Xmodem: This file transfer protocol does error checking and is
- somewhat more accurate than X)modem.
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-
- K)ermit: This protocol will is similar to the XMODEM protocol but will
- allow data packets to be sent continuously. This continuous
- transmission of data is expecially helpful when there are delays in the
- communications path, such as via satelite transmission or over the
- public data networks (Telenet, Uninet, Tymnet, etc).
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-
- X)modem: This file transfer protocol does error checking and is very
- widely supported in communications packages.
-