I remember when Chuck Forsberg died, the author of YMODEM, nearly 10 years ago now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10593617 https://news.ycombinator.com/i

I remember when Chuck Forsberg died, the author of YMODEM, nearly 10 years ago now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10593617 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10593617 The XYZ Modems: https://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~rootd/catdoc/guide/TheGuide_226.html https://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~rootd/catdoc/guide/TheGuide_226.ht... As far as I can recall, it didn't have a sliding window, once protocols, like kermit, added sliding windows the speed jumped a huge amount.