Subj : type 2.2 pkt header
To : Carlos Navarro
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Fri Apr 14 2023 11:48 am
Re: type 2.2 pkt header
By: Carlos Navarro to Rob Swindell on Fri Apr 14 2023 11:46 am
> 13 Apr 2023 12:24, you wrote to Maurice Kinal:
>
> >> CN> FSC-39 or FSC-48?
> >>
> >> You tell me. Without checking out either I am going out on a limb
> >> and say neither.
>
> RS> So *I* call FSC-48 compliant packets "Type 2+" and FSC-39 comliant
> RS> packets as "Type 2e". Any packet claiming to be 2+ is likely FSC-48
> RS> compliant, but *might* be just 2e compliant.
>
> My tosser calls FSC-39 packets "Type 2+"...
What does your tosser call FSC-48 formatted packets?
> RS> The details/differences are itemized here:
> RS>
http://wiki.synchro.net/ref:fidonet_packets
>
> Yeah, that's an excellent reference guide.
Thanks!
> My question was about the "defacto standard" that Maurice mentioned. It may
> seem that the most common is FSC-39: hpt, FMail, Squish, Mystic, etc.
My recollection was that most packets that I see are in FSC-48 format (i.e. include the auxNet field), but I'll double-check that.
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digital man (rob)
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ETX = End-of-Text (ASCII 3, Ctrl-C)
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