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7plus is an uuencoder-like file coder for use in Amateur Packet Radio
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BBS S&F of binary data files. The Packet Radio protocol (AX.25) utilizes
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8 bits for data transfer whereas most standard terminal programs only
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use a 7 bits alogarithm. The result is that only 87.5% of the available
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bandwidth is utilized.
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7plus fully exploits the capacity of the network by using all 8 bits
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and hence increasing data throughput. Furthermore, it uses alogarithms
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which checks for data integrity, detecting, reporting and, whenever
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possible, correcting data transmission errors that may have occurred due
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to noise or loss of signal with minimal overheads.
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