uuencode-like file coder for AMPR BBS S&F of binary files

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