CompuServe Messages

I think we have gone through this before. 🙂 Basically, a file in CP/M, though saved in 128 bte chuncks, does not have (necessarily), valid data right out to the end of the save area. I still maintain that the first and foremost job of a protocol is to transfer only the data, leaving it alone, neither changing, adding or deleting any part of it. Whatever the reasons, it was poor protocol design. This would not be significant if the entire world hadn't decided it was the best way to do things, but then what can you expect from a bunch that thought Kansas City Standard was "A Good Thing"?