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Wilfred van Velzen

Kim Heino

Re: Packets

December 20, 2016
6:52 PM *

Hi,

On 2016-12-20 19:21:00, Kim Heino wrote to Ben Ritchey:
  about: "Packets":

 >> I ask because the Product Code in the packets I get from you is x00FE
 >> (reserved for "No code" utilities) vice the BBBS code of x01FF which it

 KH> "FTSC Product Codes", http://ftsc.org/docs/fta-1005.003, says:

 KH>     FidoNet products without an allocated product code which either
 KH>     create type-2 packets, or negotiate FTS-0001 sessions must use a
 KH>     product code x'fe or 254 in type-2 compatible packet headers. This
 KH>     code as been reserved for that purpose (use by product without a
 KH>     product code).

 KH> Can you give me an url to a newer spec saying 0x01ff?

http://ftsc.org/docs/ftscprod.017

Contains:

01FF,BBBS,MSDOS/OS2/NT/Amiga/Unix,Mailer/Packer,Kim_Heino,2:22/222,19980216


Bye, Wilfred.


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