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- Subject: Re: Shadow-Term II
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.083837.22508@peponi.wcc.govt.nz>
- From: sheppard_r@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 08:38:37 GMT
- Reply-To: sheppard_r@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
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- <1992Aug26.185304.16536@mits.mdata.fi> <1992Aug27.101623.6691@peponi.wcc.govt.nz>,<1992Aug30.174511.13276@mits.mdata.fi>
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- In article <1992Aug30.174511.13276@mits.mdata.fi>, paetau@mits.mdata.fi (Rasmus Paetau) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug27.101623.6691@peponi.wcc.govt.nz> sheppard_r@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:
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- >[Part deleted]
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- >>Well I did try one of the earlyer versions but did not like it at all,
- >>the programer did not know what arcv was all about, and it still does not have
- >>a real Zmodem with a batch upload mode..
- >
- >What do you mean by real Zmodem with batch upload mode? FZDT uses XYZ
- >2.01 by Starfall software, and it indeed has a batch upload (and
- >download) mode. Freeze Dried even has an auto-start option for the
- >Zmodem. I don't exactly know what this arcv is, but I think it's some
- >kind of command-line extenser (that lets you write an over 128 byte
- >parameter line)? I can't see any reason for using it with FZDT, as it
- >isn't a .TTP program?
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- Command lines can be used by any program, it does not have to be a TTP..
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- arcv is the way that file name strings should be passed to the SZ program,
- but XYZ201 requires a file with the file names in it to do this,
- this is one big thing that I dislike, they must follow the standard and
- use arcv..
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- >>Most of the chaps that I know that use FDT tell me that its still full of
- >>bugs..
- >
- >Well, it has bugs, I mean it bombs sometimes (ex. when you load a
- >program that doesn't release all memory when quitting), but it's
- >definetly not full of bugs. I can live with it.
- >
- >--
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- >| Rasmus Paetau (paetau@mits.mdata.fi) | Waiting for the Atari Falcon |
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- Roger.......... sheppard_r@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
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