ASR 33 Emulation - help! - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

19 Oct 2001

...
   Admittedly,
the fits I had with it weren't due to the protocol, and
 you're right, it did seem more robust... there were apparantly some
 variations in how the X/Y/Zmodem protocols got implemented...  
   I don't see how.  I have some documents (I think written by Ward
 Christiansen) about how XModem and YModem work and it seemed fairly
 straightforward to implement the protocol.  XModem isn't exactly that
 difficult of a protocol to support 8-) 
Ah, you assume that every programmer who has the cajones to release
their code publicly has the competence level that Ward & Randy 
(or you & I) have...

...
   QModem may
have been it, I was using a version under OS/2 1.0...  
   The QModem program I used ran under MS-DOS.  I've found that I really
 dislike the Windows versions of such programs because Windows makes working
 with modems a real pain (about as painful as using a modem under Unix and
 that's quite a task!).   
As I recall it, QMODEM was the clone of Flugelman's program, and what
I was using was a clone of the clone. Remember, this was in the 80s,
and while programming, I was living the Hotel California lifestyle...

Only in the 80s...

-dq