Date   : Fri, 17 Apr 1987 18:04:25 GMT
From   : hao!noao!grandi@oddjob.uchicago.edu (Steve Grandi)
Subject: Re: batch mode with rb and sb

In article <3605@ihlpa.ATT.COM> wolfordj@ihlpa.UUCP (452is-Wolford,J.) writes:
>I too have had this problem with 2 different modem programs I have for
>my Lobo Max80 and my Xerox 820 (The first runs MODEM7, the second runs
>MDM740).  I can talk in batch mode between the two micros, but not
>to the UNIX machine which runs rb and sb.
>
rb and sb only implement YMODEM batch whereas MODEM7, MDM and MEX 1 only
implement MODEM7 batch protocol.  YMODEM batch is technically superior to
MODEM7 batch; but that doesn't help you much.  My UNIX xmodem program
(posted to Usenet's mod.sources in January) supports both MODEM7 and YMODEM 
batch (among other things...).  Unfortunately, as distributed, xmodem runs
only on 4.2/4.3BSD systems but two people have sent me patches for System V
systems which I might be persuaded to integrate into a second release.
-- 
Steve Grandi, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ, 602-325-9228
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