Date   : Fri, 09 Aug 1985 09:23:00 PDT
From   : nep.pgelhausen@AMES-VMSB.ARPA
Subject: --- KMD vs. XMODEM ---

Not being on the INFO-MODEM list, I am not privy to the discussion
that was mentioned on the message forwarded to INFO-CPM, however
I do have one question to ask:
   Does this one byte change to the header information (to select
   block size) make KMD incompatible with programs that currently
   support the XMODEM protocol?  Any changes made to a protocol 
   should be made in such a manner that the new editions may still
   work with previous versions, that may not know of the new feature.

Could somebody please inform me about this?  Does anyone think
that I have a valid point?  If not, why? ...and, what about Naomi?
                       -Richard Hartman
                       max.hartman@ames-vmsb