Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!chinet!mcdchg!ddsw1!olsa99!tabbs!aris From: aris@tabbs.UUCP (Aris Stathakis) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: New UUCP Protocol (was: Re: Zmodem added to UUCP) Message-ID: <240@tabbs.UUCP> Date: 26 Sep 89 16:23:25 GMT References: <3217@ccnysci.UUCP> Organization: TABBS - Totally Awesome BBS Public Access UNIX Lines: 33 From article <3217@ccnysci.UUCP>, by ciamac@ccnysci.UUCP (Ciamac Moallemi): > Why use Zmodem? A protocol that is a superset of Zmodem would > probably be better (maybe Zmodem itself needs to be revised). A few > extra features that I can think of: > > o Bidirectional transmission. > o Encryption > o Data Compression > > These are just off of the top of my head. I think the Zmodem standard > needs some revision before we do something big like add it to UUCP. I think it's about time someone made a new UUCP protocol with some of these features. Especially Bi-directional transmission. It has been done before for MS-DOS, and i remember and old program for the APPLE II+ that did bi-directional transfers. The 'g' protocol is a bit outdated. We need something NEW and better. Some ideas i had - 1) Variable size packets (that work with MNP5) 2) Bi-Directional transmission. 3) A bit of compression perhaps Any other ideas? I'm no programmer, but i'm sure there is someone out there that could code this. aris -- Aris Stathakis | Bang: ..!uunet!ddsw1!olsa99!tabbs!aris or aris@tabbs.UUCP - UNIX is like sex - if you've tried it, you can't get along without it. - - If you haven't you really have no idea what the fuss is all about! -