Gary Gilmore wrote in a message to Patrick Mccullough:
MM>> Is there any of you using the vFAST protocol at your BBS ??
 PM>  What, the old V.fast modem "standard" also known as v.fc?  V.Fast/V.fc
 PM>  was the first try at making 28.8 modems, before the ITU got around to
GG> No no no... he's talking about the xfer protocol "VFAST". 
GG> (Unfortunate choice of names.)
 Very, from the sound of it.  V.Fast -as it applies to modem protocols-
 is practically a four-letter word around here.  Not something I would
 use for an unrelated add-on protocol  -which is probably why I've never
 heard of it.  :)
GG> It's little used, and most users (at least now a days) won't bother
GG> installing additional xfer protocols unless they absolutely have to.
GG> Even when I had a slew of protocols installed here, the only ones
GG> that ever got any real use were Zmodem, then XModem, then HSLink,
GG> then (surprisingly) Puma.  (damned if I can remember its more recent
GG> name.)  I'm now only offering the built-ins from Maximus, and I've
GG> not had one request from any users for more than that.
 I played with HSlink and the Z-modem protocol from Cutting Edge... but
 the problem was, none of the callers had any use or need for them.
 And there was the factor of trying to explain why they were useful, and
 committing to walk each user through setup for their particular comm
 program.
 Way too much labor for no real benefit, IMO.  Now, if something had
 turned out to be _twice_ the speed of Z-modem...
 Patrick
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