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- From: rwm@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca (Russell McOrmond)
- Message-ID: <rwm.714583210@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca>
- Date: 23 Aug 92 09:20:10 EST
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: Amiga Comms (was RE: Amiga Kiosks?)
- In-Reply-To: jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999)
- References: <1992Aug21.162454.7251@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com>
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- jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999) writes:
- >>XPR *WILL* be available in the future, but why use them if the built-in are
- >>faster and even more reliable?
-
- >Good. Although there are legit gripes about XPR, it helps to have that
- >ability in case someone wants to use something you didn't want to implement.
-
- >*plus* seen the same thing in Term. I have the feeling this is an XPRZModem
- >bug instead (tons o' errors, too)
-
- I hope you realize the connection between these two problems. The more
- people that implemente their 'internal' Zmodem, and push it as a 'feature',
- then the less likely that a fully implemented XPR based Zmodem will be
- released. True or not (I personally think not), people have this 'image'
- that an internal protocol is going to somehow be better than a properly
- written XPR version of the same protocol. The fact that only the
- 'freeware' style people are working on XPR based protocols (IE: The people
- who don't get paid or supported for their development) will always make
- this a problem.
-
- If everyone wants better protocols, encouraging authors to support XPR
- (On both sides of the interface by writing XPR's themselves as well), we'll
- all be better off.
-
-
- (P.S. Jack, let's not start our AMIGA_COMMS flamewar again - I'm just
- presenting this side, and I think most know you disagree ;-)
-
- >*******************************************************************************
- >Jeff Grimmett [SuperBitMap BBS] | fido!1:202/1401.0 [619-460-7290]
- >NCR -- Torrey Pines Development Center | Jeffrey.Grimmett@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com
- >========== "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain." =============
- >*******************************************************************************
- --
- Opinions expressed in this message are my Own. I represent nobody else.
- Russell McOrmond rwm@Atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca Net Support:(613) 230-2282(V.32Bis)
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