Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic writes:

On 06/30/2016 04:29 PM, Brian Schenkenberger via vcf-midatlantic wrote:

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On 06/30/2016 03:38 PM, Joseph Oprysko via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > But >> I thought SneakerNet was the primary network protocol when the machines >>> were in their prime. >> >> Good heavens no. Even PDP-8s had DECnet over serial lines. > > DDCMP!

As God intended.

I'd occasionally fire up DDCMP over a modem link to some clients to transfer files back in the day. Indexed files mostly which don't take kindly to being ZIPped and UNZIPped and FTPd; albeit, current version of ZIP/UNZIP do have a switch to maintain VMS file attributes making it possible now.