I suggest implementing option #2, and then if your
user base of classic or pre 4.5 MPE/iX is great
enough, write a minimum feature set FTP server
for those systems.  As to checkpoint restarting,
there are several PC FTP clients which claim they
can pick back up where they left off in the case
of an interruption.  I've not researched how they
are actually doing it, but it sounds like there
might already be a way to do it without resorting
to a proprietary protocol.

Regards,
Michael L Gueterman
Easy Does It Technologies
Allaire Alliance Partner
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-----Original Message-----
From:   WirtAtmar [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Saturday, May 23, 1998 11:57 AM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        [HP3000-L] QCTerm & file transfer capabilities

The time has come in the development cycle of QCTerm to seriously begin
thinking about how file transfer capabilities should be implemented. Any
thoughts or opinions that you might wish to offer would be greatly
appreciated.

At the moment, three different tacks can be imagined. They are:

1. Use a QCTerm-specific file transfer protocol

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2. Use FTP

<snip>

3. Reverse engineer and use WRQ's PCLINK protocol

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