However, despite this protocol potentially being faster than ZMODEM it was still rarely used.
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It was formally given the name "YMODEM" in 1985 by Ward Christensen.
YMODEM |
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The program featured all the standard functions of a BBS of the time including file transfers in several competing protocols (XMODEM, YMODEM, YMODEM-G, ZMODEM) provided with the program or as third party software; they connected externally to the main program itself.
Chuck Forsberg collected a number of these into his YMODEM protocol, but poor implementation led to a further fracturing before they were re-unified by his later ZMODEM protocol.
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It was made obsolete by variants such as YMODEM-g or ZMODEM.
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XMODEM-1K was originally one of the many improvements to XMODEM introduced by Chuck Forsberg in his YMODEM protocol.