vic@zen.UUCP (Victor Gavin) (01/14/88)
I'm looking for some information about the protocols used in Unix file transfer programs (eg umodem). Having read the manuals I see that they use the TERM II File Transfer Protocol (XMODEM is TERM II, type 3). The idea is to get a dedicated micro (using an 8051) to transfer data (as a simulated file) onto a Unix box -- using the existing commands (umodem if possible) -- over a MODEM. I have the C sources to various programs which use these protocols but nowhere do they explain how the protocol works. I can of course decode one of these programs and find out the method but I am liable to miss something (probably important) so I hope that some kind person out there can supply details of the protocol or a pointer to where details may be found. Thanks for your time, vic -- Victor Gavin Zengrange Limited vic@zen.co.uk Greenfield Road ..!mcvax!ukc!zen.co.uk!vic Leeds LS9 8DB +44 532 489048 England
hartzell@boulder.Colorado.EDU (George Hartzell) (01/17/88)
Try getting in touch with Chuck Forsburg. I beleive he has a document that sumarizes the *modem protocols. The last address that I have for him is ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf . g. George Hartzell (303) 492-4535 MCD Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309 hartzell@Boulder.Colorado.EDU ..!{hao,nbires}!boulder!hartzell
W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA (Keith Petersen) (01/18/88)
There is a complete collection of file transfer protocol documents, including Chuck Forsburg's Ymodem/Zmodem, available via standard anonymous FTP from SIMTEL20: Filename Type Bytes CRC Directory PD1:<MISC.PROTOCOLS> DISINFO.TXT.1 ASCII 9260 DC79H FAST.TXT.1 ASCII 21776 E61AH MEGALINK.DOC.1 ASCII 17567 E08DH MODEM7.DOC.1 ASCII 13552 C0A9H PROTCISA.TXT.1 ASCII 14645 8C8AH PROTOCOL.DOC.1 ASCII 21035 83B2H PTEST.DOC.1 ASCII 6558 69E6H ROBUST.EOT.1 ASCII 2547 28B4H WXMODEM.DOC.1 ASCII 52093 84BBH X-PC.DOC.1 ASCII 125984 2CD0H XMODEM-CRC.NOTE.1 ASCII 8879 7479H XMODEMBATCH.PROTOCOL.1 ASCII 1571 1028H XPKTPROT.DOC.1 ASCII 2297 03ECH YMODEM5.DOC.1 ASCII 65477 858EH ZMODEM5.DOC.1 ASCII 103675 9AAFH --Keith Petersen Arpa: W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA Uucp: {decwrl,harvard,lll-crg,ucbvax,uunet,uw-beaver}!simtel20.arpa!w8sdz