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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!olivea!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!ira.uka.de!smurf.sub.org!flatlin!pilhuhn!hwr From: hwr@pilhuhn.ka.sub.org (Heiko W.Rupp) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: SILO and data compressing modems Keywords: com serial rs-232 SILO modem Message-ID: <1992Dec1.112542.6900@pilhuhn.ka.sub.org> Date: 1 Dec 92 11:25:42 GMT References: <84488@ut-emx.uucp> Organization: The Home of the Pilhuhn Lines: 20 vax@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Vax) writes: > 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: So? Is it? Then try compiling CNews on DOS while polling mail ... > 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. Noone prevents you from porting smail or CNews (if it in't already done). -- Heiko W.Rupp Gerwigstr.5 7500 Kh'e 1 hwr@pilhuhn.ka.sub.org +49 721 693642 The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization (for experts only!): Don't do it yet.