-=> Quoting Mark Lewis to Bruce Clark <=-

 BC>> BBSNETS doesn't have 1k Kermit so I have to exit to DOS if I
 BC>> have anything over aprox 50k to upload/download, otherwise I
 BC>> use G-modem (modems do error correction). I've found that
 BC>> too many errors creep in on files over 100k though.
 BC>> Apparently the satellite link isn't that good without
 BC>> software error correction.
 
 BC> What I referred to as G-modem is actually Ymodem-G.

 ML> FWIW: i don't know that i'd use any of the protocols that rely on the
 ML> modem performing the error correction... why? because the TCP/IP
 ML> packets might be corrupted before it gets to your ISP's modems and thus
 ML> before it gets to yours...

I'd prefer Z-modem, but I have a problem with the computer locking up 
when I do a Z-modem download in a DOS window. 
It's a computer hardware problem. 

BBSNETS doesn't have 1k Kermit or I'd use that, rather then Ymodem-G. 
Ymodem-G works just fine for Fido message packets though. 

When browsing the internet, I use the library's 1k Kermit for 
downloading, which is _almost_ as fast as Z-modem. 

Only as a last resort do I exit to DOS so I can use Z-modem in the 
terminal program. 
Since I can't swap around to other programs, I have to make sure I 
have all the file names and internet addresses written down or printed 
out before I do that. 

Bruce Clark 

 
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