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Re: WinQVT gripes

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From: Hans van Oostrom
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 1990 00:07
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 In article <JMERRILL.90Nov29131929@fenris.claremont.edu>, jmerrill@jarthur.claremont.edu (Generic User) writes...
>Finally, I can't make WinQVT my communications package until it improves
>its multitasking of file transfers.  If I access my hard drive at all while
>it is downloading, it loses characters and has to go back.  In contrast,
>WinComm's file transfers seemed completely bullet-proof; this was actually
>what impressed me most about the package.
> 
>Oh, well.  I guess it's back to Kermit and DSZ again...
>--
>Jason Merrill					jmerrill@jarthur.claremont.edu

I have been using winqvt 4.36 and (for a couple of days) 4.51 for 
several months now, and I have downloaded several Mbytes with zmodem 
and a 2400 baud modem without a single error.  And I do minimize 
during the transfer and access my harddisk.

Hans van Oostrom
PO Box J-254, JHMHC                 hans@ufpine                (BITNET)
Gainesville, FL  32601, USA         hans@pine.circa.ufl.edu    (INTERNET)
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From: hans@pine.circa.ufl.edu (Hans van Oostrom)
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