Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!sri-unix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!burdvax!bpa!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Flight Simulator II (and uuencode mess-ups) Message-ID: <1213@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Jan-87 21:46:58 EST Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1213 Posted: Tue Jan 6 21:46:58 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Jan-87 22:36:25 EST References: <2280@well.UUCP> <340@oliveb.UUCP> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 24 In article <340@oliveb.UUCP> ses@oliveb.UUCP (Dean Brunette) writes: > > >About the recent Juggler demo postings arriving at most sites corrupted: > >Can't the files be ARCed, and since ARC has a checksum utility, it would point >out corrupted files on their creation? It would also shorten Kermit transfer >time from the VAX to Amiga :-) > >Dean Brunette, Olivetti Advanced Technology Center, Cupertino, CA Yes, they could have been, but unfortunatly arc is not to be found on every unix system in the universe, while uuencode/decode is pretty universal. uudecode is so stupid that it wouldn't be hard to add per record checksums, sequnece numbers and even transliteration checks in a way that files would be compatible with either new or old decoders. Anybody feel like doing a little PD software? -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)