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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!ccwf.cc.utexas.edu From: vax@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Vax) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: SILO and data compressing modems Keywords: com serial rs-232 SILO modem Message-ID: <84488@ut-emx.uucp> Date: 30 Nov 92 11:07:32 GMT Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX Lines: 16 Okay, here's the scoop on my SILO problem. Even though the modem is 2400 with MNP-5, which should not put it over 9600 bps (effective) in any circumstances, and even though it has a large (7kbytes) buffer, it still seems to outrun the 386bsd-0.1 setup at 9600bps on com1. I'm not sure why this is, but when I turn data compression off it works just dandy. Moral of the story: if you really need the extra 30 cps, use DOS. (It peeves me that Unix always is just a wee bit less efficient than dos: it hates non-fixed bps modems, some Unixers still use KERMIT and that lame UUCP protocol (g?). DOS has protocols that reach 99.8% efficiency (tmodem, puma, zmodem to name a few)) Just out of curiosity, does 386BSD's mail system support an 8-bit path, or do we HAVE to uuencode everything? Oh yeah, this applies to news, too. -- Protect our endangered bandwidth - reply by email. NO BIG SIGS! VaX#n8 vax@ccwf.utexas.edu - finger for more info if you even care.