14 Oct
2024
14 Oct
'24
9:56 p.m.
I remmeber using X-Modem to download a term program
that had Z-Modem,
so I
didn't have to type in filenames and could batch stuff. Plus auto-
start.
I think I started with Procom (yuck) then moved to Telix and QModem. I
do
remember Telemate as well.
When Z-modem started being built in the comm programs it was a game changer.
Before then you had to use the DSZ external program and setup variables to
get Z-Modem. Man I miss those days. Tons of innovation everywhere and it
seemed like every other month there was a new term program or protocol
(C-Modem, J-Modem, N-Modem... I was waiting for them to run out of letters).
The next big game changer was HS-Link. Bi directional transfer, efficient,
and you could chat. Too bad the author lost the source code to the program
and it was never took off like it could have.
-Ali