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Here are some notes about the releases of Zmodem dated 12/14/88 and
12/16/88. They are made by the Sysop of The Mainframe BBS, Bob
Zimmerman.
Currently, I use DSZ on the BBS as well as with Procomm Plus for all
Zmodem download and upload processing. I also use DSZ for Ymodem Batch
upload and downloads.
When I noticed a new version of DSZ, I immediatley downloaded. The
first new enhancement mentioned in the .DOC file (and the real feature
of the 12/14 release, was the support of compression during transfer.
This would be great and improve upload and download processing. I
tried using it to upload a file and was told that the feature -Z was
not supported or invalid. (no mention of whether it is only supported
in a registered version or not). The doc file was also scrimpy in the
documentation of this feature.
Fearing that this was a virus or trojan horse version, I logged onto
the ZModem support BBS and downloaded the current version dated 12/16.
This release documented, that the code for -Z was inadverntently not
placed/ or disabled from the previous 12/14 release.
The feature is now in the DSZ1216.ARC but I have found the following
problems/features preventing me from migrating to this version. I am
still using the latest version prior to the 12/14 release... The
problems:
When using a download directory, I am now informed that this
feature is only available on registered copies ( I am still
waiting on my copy)...
It seems as the default is now the -k for transmitting, I am not
getting the equalization feature where it adjusts to the amount of
errors so that a clean transfer is done even with alot of line
noise.
There may be other problems, but these are the ones preventing me from
using the current release. Probably once a week, I will be checking
the Zmodem BBS to see if there are any other enhancements or problems
the community should know about...
Bob Zimmerman
SYSOP - The Mainframe BBS
312-364-0425
2400/1200/0300 baud
24 hours a day
A BBS dealing with IMS, CICS, DB2 etc...
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