smith%nrl-aic@sri-unix.UUCP (02/23/84)
From: Russ Smith <smith@nrl-aic> I was just looking over the most recent simtel20 CPM CRCLST copy and noticed that the infamous MDM7** series is up to 724! Good grief!! Is this the ballyhooed (sp?) version that was to replace Irv Hoff's or is this something else? When were the other versions (briefly) put on the system? Is there any reason for someone who seldom uses home remote file transfer to give up on version 712 or so and update to 724 (or is it 725 by now (726?))? If this isn't the new radically altered MDM program will one of these soon be? Pardon the questions but the last reference I remember anyone making to the net specifically about the MDM stuff mentioned that version 720 would be completely different and better (in some way or other) than the stuff originally done by half a dozen people, Irv Hoff in particular. I was rather surprised to see what appeared to be a continuation rather than a jump in the series. Russ <Smith@nrl-aic>
towson%amsaa@sri-unix.UUCP (02/23/84)
From: David Towson (CSD) <towson@amsaa> Russ - The 724 version of MDM was contributed by Irv Hoff. If you FTP the file "micro:<cpm.modem7>mdm724.msg" you can read a brief version of the update history. No, this is not the promised "super version". That is being done by Ron Fowler. In my opinion, there is no reason for you to switch from MDM712 unless you can benefit from the particular enhancements that have been added since that version. These deal mainly with autodial applications, but there is also a change in the way memory is allocated to receiving buffers. Some folks were having trouble with the 16K file-transfer buffer taking too long to be written to disk, and they needed a smaller buffer. Dave