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From: djohnson@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: DNET - Advantages
Keywords: DNET Telecommunications
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Date: 14 Oct 89 17:32:41 GMT
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allen@tcville.HAC.COM (Allen Farrington) writes:
>
>What are the advantages of using DNET over say VT100?
>Obviously, the screen updates for interactive logons are
>slower for DNET.  Are the get/putfiles servers more 
>effective than common protocols?

DNET allows you to multiplex your serial connection.  This means you
can do a GetFiles/PutFiles at the same time you use FTERM for reading
news, talking to a friend, etc.  Also, you can have multiple FTERMs
running.  With vt100 and other communications program, you have a
non-multiplexed connection, so if you are downloading a file, you have
to wait until it is done before you can do something else.  For example,
I read USENET while downloading stuff so I don't get bored.
(basically, DNET implements a network with only 2 nodes)

Darin Johnson
djohnson@ucsd.edu