On Sunday 03 July 2005 20:18, ETM wrote: >For those of us on dialup the download would be >more than many can handle. Even then I must use a >download helper in hopes a lost connection can be >resumed with that program holding on to the >earlier piece of the download. I just went >through a download of almost 100 MB, five times my >ISP disconnected, each time I was fortunate, the >download resumed, it was not corrupted by the >disconnects. It's an incredible undertaking with >dialup and I think many are forgetting those days >as cable takes over. > >Elaine > Lots of us can remember the pain of a dialup. And for noisey lines that may corrupt the data, I think the only true answer is zmodem, which does a checksum every 128 characters and if the checksums don't match, requests that packet be re-sent. And it will keep hammering until it gets a good packet. It even has a resume if the circuit hangs up in versions 3.36 & up.
Unforch, if you are on windows, I do not know of a program that can make use of zmodem other than the better terminal programs from 10-15 years ago. Procomm comes to mind, but I've no idea if it will run on anything newer than W-95. >> I have a question for those involved in the composition of the >> distribution - if JRE is a requirement of some portions of OOo, >> why is it not folded into the distribution as a matter of course? >> I had no particular heartburn in fetching it from Sun and >> installing it, back when I first put in OOo, but if OOo is to >> appeal to the widest audience, wouldn't it make more sense to >> make this thing a little less "some assembly required"? >> >> Brewster Gillett > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
