dubuc@iro.umontreal.ca (Martin Dubuc) (11/01/89)
This is the latest version of MultiXfer (V0.3a2). MultiXfer is a telecommunication application in which I implemented a protocol based on X.25 allowing someone to make simultaneous upload/download/chat (this is the kind of protocol used in MCS). While in simultaneous upload/download, protocol efficiency is at his best being as good as 3 times faster than XModem and 50% better than ZModem (which is considered the fastest protocol available). MultiXfer is a Mac-to-Mac serial-to-serial file transfer utility. This means it can transfer files between two Macintosh linked by modems or a null cable. One of the major feature of MultiXfer beside its protocol is its ability to turn your Macintosh into a host computer letting other peoples under MultiXfer call your Mac, receive, send, catalog files and navigate through the directories of your disk without any human intervention. There is also a VT-52 terminal implemented into the application and it is MultiFinder friendly (can be used in background). Most of the changes to V0.2 are related to the terminal emulator. The VT-52 terminal emulator has been designed to be functionnal for baud rates ranging from 1200 to 9600 bauds. Martin Dubuc Universite de Montreal [Archived as /info-mac/comm/multixfer-03a2.hqx; 55K]