F)ile transfer protocol: You can save keystrokes by selecting a default 
protocol with the "F" command if you always use the same file transfer 
protocol. Once you have chosen a default, RBBS-PC will use that protocol 
for all file transfers. RBBS-PC realizes that your preferences can 
change, so you can always alter your default protocol with the "F" 
command.  

TIPS:  

1. You may want not to have a default transfer protocol if you use 
a variety of protocols. Select the <N>one option and RBBS-PC will ask for 
your preferred protocol before each file transfer.

2. You should check your communications software package to determine 
which protocols you can use. Currently available protocols on RBBS-PC 
are: 
              <A)scii, <X>modem, <C>Xmodem/CRC, or <K>ermit

3. You can override the default my specifying the protocol on the same
command line as <D>ownload or <U>pload.  E.g. "D;SD.COM;C" downloads
file SD.COM in Xmodem/CRC no matter what the default protocol is.

4. Files containing the IBM PC special ASCII characters (ones with 
ASCII values above 128) need to be transferred using error checking --
this includes Wordstar files.  These files cannot be transferred in ASCII.  

5. Use A)scii transfer if you want to read a file as it is transferred, 
(e.g., if you cannot or don't want to save files to disk or printer on 
your system).

                      What Each Protocol Means

A)scii:  The ASCII file transfer protocol is supported by most personal 
computer systems and software communications packages.

TIPS:  ASCII is the fastest transfer protocol, but it will transfer
only text like this message and does not check for transmission errors.  

Use one of the other protocols (Xmodem, CRC Xmodem, or Kermit) to 
transfer files with .EXE, .OBJ, .COM, or .ARC extensions, BASIC files 
saved without the "A" parameter, or any other form of binary file.  An
error checking protocol will check to see whether there were any errors
in tranmission, and if, so, automatically retransmit.

A)scii transfer is best for text files unless you need a guarantee that
there are no transmission errors in the data.  The file will scroll across
your screen as it is being sent so that you can read it at that time.
Using 1200 baud or higher may tax your speed reading capability, however.  
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C)RC Xmodem:  This file transfer protocol does error checking and is
somewhat more accurate than X)modem.
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K)ermit:  This protocol will is similar to the XMODEM protocol but will 
allow data packets to be sent continuously.  This continuous 
transmission of data is expecially helpful when there are delays in the 
communications path, such as via satelite transmission or over the 
public data networks (Telenet, Uninet, Tymnet, etc).  
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X)modem:  This file transfer protocol does error checking and is very
widely supported in communications packages.
