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- From: jam@jammys.ocunix.on.ca (James McOrmond)
- Message-ID: <jam.3167@jammys.ocunix.on.ca>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: XPR-Bidirectional
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- References: <523@thunder.LakeheadU.Ca> <80t19hb@rpi.edu> <69603@cup.portal.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 22:21:33 EST
- Organization: Jammy's Amiga Corner BBS - Ottawa, On, Canada
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- >Why is BiModem so complex? You send a packet while recieving a packet,
- >If you have to Ack/Nack, you just have an Ack/Nack packet. Communications
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- Bi-modem isn't so complex. The problem is that the author of Bi-modem has
- copyrighted the protocol, and if someone were to write a compatible Amiga
- protocol and didn't get his permission, they'd get sued so bad. We would
- all as well be running an "Illegal" protocol.
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