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There seems to be some confusion as to whether it is possible to
implement MNP on a regular computer, rather than in the modem.  The
answer seems to be yes, since I am at this moment typing on an IBM PC
running a modem program from Microcom which implements MNP with (I
think) no help from the modem.

MNP is actually a family of protocols, including reliable link mode,
which is like Telnet, and reliable file transfer which is like FTP.
The reliable link mode does seem not to allow breaks, and is a little
spazzy in very interactive use.  I usually use it when dialing into
Telenet, logging in to some computer and having it blat a lot of data
at me, which works well.  The file transfer mode works great and seems
to be faster than any other commonly available PC protocol.  (RBBS-PC,
a common bulletin board program, supports it.)  It's a big win over
XMODEM.  There are also features that I don't really understand which
are supposed to help when transferring files between computers that
have different opinions about e.g. end of line characters.

John Levine, ima!johnl