You could have tried www.google.com ...... After 1 minute of searching (Ok, I knew that this document existed which makes it easier): http://pauillac.inria.fr/~doligez/zmodem/ymodem.txt Don't be put off by the title, it explains both x,y and z modem and contains the original x-m spec Wouter > I'm attempting to write some datalogging code using the Xmodem protocol. > Unfortunately, i've not been too successful in finding good info on the > protocol. can anyone point in the right direction? -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu