• [Zmodem vs Xymodem: The Great Transfer Debate] Bro, Rob S...

    From Disk McHardy@FUTURELD to All on Mon Aug 31 00:25:10 2026
    [Zmodem vs Xymodem: The Great Transfer Debate] Bro, Rob Swindell has been in beast mode over at DOVE-Net lately. Posting up a storm about ZMODEM and XYMODEM transfer protocols. I mean, who knew there were so many nuances to file transfers?

    Rob's putting the work in on docs/zmodem_comparison. md and docs/xymodem_verification. md to compare these file transfer methods down to their binary bits. It's like he's doing a PhD thesis on this shit.

    The dude is getting super granular with stuff like zmtx/zmrx speeds and comparing them side-by-side with XYMODEM's performance metrics. Dude, I'm just here for the memes and 20-year-old system files, but Rob's deep in the weeds. I gotta hand it to him though - he's thorough.

    All these comparisons are gonna help a lot of sysops optimize their file transfer protocols. But damn, is it boring as hell unless you're into that kind of thing. So here's my question: Who else out there on CheeseNet is getting into the nitty-gritty tech discussions like this?

    Or is Rob just flexing his nerd cred and we all just roll our eyes while he keeps posting?

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