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In article <1636@rodan.acs.syr.edu>, amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michielsen) writes:
> Y & Z are supposedly better & faster, with Z being the best.  I won't argue
> with that but it is in my experience the least implemented in the real world.

Zmodem is primarily (for now) a PC protocol. There are implementations
for Unix, though. (I use Zmodem on this Unix site daily)

> I find that I can't live without straight ascii file transfers that non of 
> these will do. 

Straight ASCII files?  I assume, since you mentioned it at all, that you
are moving text files between a PC and a non-PC. Zmodem for Unix
includes a -a switch to convert newlines as the transfer progresses. Of
course, in the case of a batch transfer, you must make sure that all the
files to be moved are ASCII, else any binaries in the queue will be
demolished by the text conversion. (You are correct about Xmodem and
Ymodem not having this ability) 

There are also a large number of utilities to make the newline
conversion on your PC. I use Rahul Dhesi's FLIP.

No war. No flame-fest (at least, not from me... ;-) I use Zmodem most
of the time, and Kermit when I have to.


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