Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!mit-amt!mit-caf!shanzer From: shanzer@mit-caf.UUCP (Mike Shanzer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: XMODEM (Actually it's Diga) Message-ID: <397@mit-caf.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Jul-87 16:22:13 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-caf.397 Posted: Tue Jul 21 16:22:13 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Jul-87 04:44:48 EDT References: <8707200126.AA15199@cogsci.berkeley.edu> <3280@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Reply-To: shanzer@mit-caf.UUCP (Mike Shanzer) Organization: Microsystems Technology Laboratory, MIT Lines: 52 In article <3280@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> walton@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (Steve Walton) writes: >In article <8707200126.AA15199@cogsci.berkeley.edu> bryce@COGSCI.BERKELEY.EDU (Bryce Nesbitt) writes: >>I have several different terminal emulator programs for the Amiga. All support >>XMODEM transfer. Only one supports XMODEM CRC. XMODEM CRC is *EASY* to add, >>and gives a big reliability boost for transfer over noisy lines. I'd like to >>have this feature on all the programs I use, and to this end I have dug up >>the actual specification for XMODEM and XMODEM CRC. > >While we're wish-listing for terminal programs, here's mine in order >of importance: >(1) Kermit ... >(2) Long packet XMODEM--same as normal XMODEM but with 1024-byte packets. > A big win over packet switched networks. CRC nearly mandatory here. >(3) Batch XMODEM, sometimes called YMODEM ... >(4) Windowed protocol, Kermit (hard) or WXMODEM (somewhat easier)--These > are full duplex protocols which simultaneously send data both ways. > Steve Walton, guest as walton@tybalt.caltech.edu > AMETEK Computer Research Division, ametek!walton@csvax.caltech.edu The following has been posted from a friends account and is just my opinion... I think what you want is Diga! It has Xmodem CRC, Xmodem, Ymodem, Compuserve-B, Kermit, ASCII & Doubletalk. Diga is loaded with features and beats the 5-6 other amiga modem programs I have used hands down. I have used it for over a month now and have not encountered any major bugs. Besides the incredible file transfer section, is features a display section that comes with a VT100, VT52 and TEK4010 emulations. You can have up to 50*132 characters on the screen and use your own fonts. There also is a remote section that you can set up so that other people can call up your computer and up & download files without you having to be there. It has a basic type language built in, so you can write your own scripts. What makes Diga really good are the little things. Unlike other modem programs it doesn't save after every block it receives during file transfer. You can adjust the buffer yourself. You can use keystrokes to do everything, there is an easy to use fast menu, etc, etc... I am sorry that this has turned into a review of Diga. Believe it or not I don't have any connection with Aegis. I am just a very satisfied customer. Mike (My watch has job control) Mayer -- Mike Shanzer ARPA: shanzer@caf.mit.edu UUCP: mit-eddie!mit-caf!shanzer Unix, Live free() or malloc()