ha>> windows. besides.. why aren't you guys just using
ha>> NTP to begin with?

 SD> What's NTP?

looks like Network Time Protocol to me ;)

ha>> isn't ymodem so much better?

 SD> Not really, it's designed for phone lines too and
 SD> suffers the same timing problems as Zmodem.

zmodem is a streaming protocol unless you explicitly switch it to ACK
blocks... zmodem's normal mode of operation is to not say a thing on
receive unless there is a problem with a bad or missing block or (yes) and
overly long time period in which nothing is received...

)\/(ark