Date   : Tue, 28 Feb 1984 13:33:06 EST
From   : David Towson (CSD) <towson@amsaa>
Subject: Re: Moving Downloaded Files to Floppy - (nf)

Philip - There are two families of programs that are commonly used to download
files from a timeshare machine to a CP/M machine.  One is based on a protocol
created by Ward Christensen, and the other had its roots at Columbia University
(I think).  The first is called MODEM2, MODEM7, MDM7xx (xx=two digits) or some
similar name.  The second is called KERMIT.  Both of these are available for 
with several timeshare machines and many micros.  Whichever you choose, there
must be compatible programs running on both ends of the transfer to obtain the
benefits of automatic transfer with error detection and retransmission of bad
blocks.  MODEM7 files are on Simtel20, and KERMIT files are on Columbia-20.


Dave
towson@amsaa