CompuServe Messages

123447

    01-Dec-93 15:46:47
Sb: #123575-123447
Fm: Michael Gerard 75505,1757
To: Adrian Ashfield 72204,2101
XModem is worthless in todays world. It is a very old program that is prone to error. It only handles files in 128 byte blocks, and if the file isn't exactly that size, it adds junk (padding) to fill out the last block. That means that if you download an arachive from the libraries here on CIS (like filename.LHA or .ARC, etc) they won't unpack properly because junk has been added to the file by XModem!