STERNLIGHT@USC-ECL.ARPA (STERNLIGHT) (12/23/85)
Werner Uhrig appears amazed at the notion that you can speed up Xmodem transfers by doing something at one end only (Mainstay's Turbo Download). This is a good example of what Kuhns was talking about in "The History of Scientific Revolutions" when he talked about being stuck in the paradigm. Of course, it's impossible. No, sorry Werner, I do it every day with Turbo Download, which speeds up my Compuserve transfers by a factor of 2 to 4 on 1200 and 2400 baud lines and saves me a LOT of money. Compuserve has no special software or equipment to work with Turbo Download; I suspect they never heard of it. They use the same Xmodem protocol most other people do. O.K., enough hints. Now that you know the answer to the puzzle is not advertising scam, think some more. (When I was an MIT undergraduate this was called "The proof is left to the student.") Best; --david-- -------