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From: obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu (David E. O'Brien)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ZMODEM protocol software
Date: 6 Nov 1995 12:18:01 GMT
Organization: University of California, Davis
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J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:
: David L. Goddard <dgoddard@jupiter.cs.uml.edu> wrote:
: 
: >Does anyone know where I might find any free software to send
: >files and commands with the ZMODEM/YMODEM/XMODEM protocol for freebsd?
: 
: The zmodem suite should be found in the ports; however, it's actually
: not entirely free (rather something like shareware, i don't have the
: copyright handy right now), that's also why there ain't a ``package''
: for it.

There is also a free zmodem implimentation in the minicom terminal
emulator.  It is supposedly the last free implimentation by the Zmodem
author.  You can get minicom from most Linux sites (it seems to be
maintained by a Linux fan).

-- David    (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu)