Patrick Basister wrote in a message to Patrick McCullough:
PB> Hello there, Patrick!
PB> Thursday February 12 1998 05:06, Patrick McCullough wrote to Manish
PB> Malik: 
 MM>> Is it, as they say, even faster than ZModem ??
 PM>  It's not a file transfer protocol; just an outdated modem protocol.
PB> I think Manish could be referring to this:
PB> === Begin VFAST.DOC ===
PB>        Vfast             Technical Reference Manual          
 Apparently so, but V.Fast (note the period) is Rockwell's trademark for
 the their modem protocol, aka V.FC.  Everyone has probably heard about
 that one.  Until you all cleared it up, I'd never heard about this
 similarly named file transfer protocol.
 As I mentioned to Manish, it's puzzling why someone would _want_ to
 name their file transfer protocol something so similar, since V.Fast
 and V.FC are not exactly highly regarded protocols.  ...It would be
 like coming up with a hot new OS and naming it something like DOS Shell.
 "Now multitasks -Honest!"
 
 Patrick
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