[net.micro] Compuserve protocol query

RIZZI%usc-isib@sri-unix.UUCP (02/10/84)

From:  Bill Rizzi <RIZZI@usc-isib>



	I have seen reference to a protocol for upload/download on
Compuserve in the TODAY publication from Compuserve as well as in
descriptions of communications software packages.  Does anyone
know the specifics of this protocol or where more info about it may
be obtained??  Does the Source have anything like this too??

	Thanks,
		Bill (RIZZI@ISIB)

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strom%brl-bmd@sri-unix.UUCP (02/11/84)

From:      Charlie Strom (NYU) <strom@brl-bmd>


CIS currently has two protocols active, A and B; I can only give
you information about the older (A) protocol. There is a file called
PROTCOL.CIS or PRTCOL.CIS bothon CP-MIG (the CP/M interest group
there) as well as RCPM's; might be on Simtel20 too. This describes the
protocol fully, though bear in mind there was no formal definition
in the public domain until this document was gleaned from a
running program. As far as I know, there is no such thing
as a protocol, error-checking transfer on the Source, but this
is heresay.