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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Zmodem added to UUCP
Message-ID: <9675@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 26 Sep 89 19:32:01 GMT
References: <3602@escargot.UUCP> <85418@pyramid.pyramid.com> <14730@bfmny0.UU.NET>
Reply-To: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
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In article <14730@bfmny0.UU.NET> tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) writes:

>ZMODEM UUCP would be terrific for long distance links, both for the
>excellent error checking and (if done right) for the ability to resume
>aborted transfers in mid-file.  Its streaming features would also be
>welcome over packet switched networks like CPN.

SysVr3.2 HDB uucp 'g' protocol is supposed to support resuming aborted
transfers and the default window size is 7 packets (instead of the
old 3).  It's better, but still not enough for efficient use over
a satellite link.

Les Mikesell