Subj : Pure DOS TelNet ZMoDem
To : Sean Dennis
From : mark lewis
Date : Fri Oct 15 2004 10:50 am
ha>> windows. besides.. why aren't you guys just using
ha>> NTP to begin with?
SD> What's NTP?
looks like Network Time Protocol to me ;)
ha>> isn't ymodem so much better?
SD> Not really, it's designed for phone lines too and
SD> suffers the same timing problems as Zmodem.
zmodem is a streaming protocol unless you explicitly switch it to ACK blocks...
zmodem's normal mode of operation is to not say a thing on receive unless there
is a problem with a bad or missing block or (yes) and overly long time period
in which nothing is received...
