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|    Wilfred van Velzen to Kim Heino    |
|    Re: Packets    |
|    20 Dec 16 18:52:08    |
      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.                     --- FMail-W32 1.73.10.56-B20161219        * Origin: Native IPv6 connectable node (2:280/464)    |
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