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- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: uucico G protocol patch
- From: Jochen Erwied <mack@joker.wes.open.de>
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <HV1swB1w165w@joker.wes.open.de>
- References: <930101.201224.8v1.rusnews.w165w@ricksys.lonestar.org>
- Date: Sun, 03 Jan 93 15:02:52 CET
- Organization: Creative Chaos Computing - Mailbox: +49-281-52975 (22.00-08.00)
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- rick@ricksys.lonestar.org (Richard McCombs KB5SNF) writes:
-
- > I connect to one site that's running SysVr4 and has the G protocol but I
- > haven't tried the patch yet. The traffic doesn't justify it and at 2400
- > bps it probably doesn't make much difference. But there is something I
- > wonder about. The G protocol supports restarting a file at the point
- > where the transfer was interrupted. What kind of problems does this
- > cause if you patch Waffle's uucico to masquerade as the G instead of g?
- > If the transfer is interrupted what will happen when the SysVr4 system
- > asks the waffle system to start a file a at certain place? Will it be
- > able to figure out that the waffle system can't do it or will it fail?
-
- Everything will work as before - only if two SysVr4-uucico's connect,
- file transfers will be restartable.
-
- During initial handshaking the two uucico's exchange some flags,
- which indicate their capabilities. Since Waffle answers with no options,
- no attempt will be made to restart file transfers.
-
- A sample init for Waffle calling SysVr4:
-
- System Answer
- SysV Shere=SysVr4
- Waffle Waffle
- SysV ROK
-
- SysV1 calling SysV2:
- SysV1 Shere=SysVr4
- SysV2 SysV2 -R
- SysV1 ROK -R
-
- Only if both systems agree on using the option '-R', file transfers
- can be restarted.
-
- > If someone has tested this let us know, if not maybe I'll try it myself.
-
- BTW: After reading through the docs for Taylor UUCP it seems, that the
- 'G' protocal is supported by SysVr4 only, and it's completely compatible
- with the 'g'-Protocol. 'g'-Proto _should_ be able to do more than 64
- Bytes per window, but most implementations are limited to the 'standard'
- 7 windows with 64 bytes :-(
-
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- Jochen Erwied - Asternweg 5 - D-W-4230 Wesel - Internet: mack@wes.open.de
- "Spass und Freude durch Musik, wir wollen's laut, das reisst uns mit.
- Denn Rockmusik ist nicht so leise, wie die ganze Schlagerschei**e" [Bonfire]
-