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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.   
      
      
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