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.)
 GG> It's little used, and most users (at least now a days) won't
 GG> bother installing additional xfer protocols unless they
 GG> absolutely have to. Even when I had a slew of protocols
 GG> installed here, the only ones that ever got any real use
 GG> were Zmodem, then XModem, then HSLink, then (surprisingly)
 GG> Puma.  (damned if I can remember its more recent name.)  I'm
 GG> now only offering the built-ins from Maximus, and I've not
 GG> had one request from any users for more than that.
I've never had any requests from user to install any other protocols other 
than what Max already provides (though I still have a bit of a problem 
getting users to set a default!),  and never did understand what the point of 
doing that was,  unless you were dealing with a situation where there were 
some sort of special requirements involved...
email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com 
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