Path: utzoo!attcan!sobmips!roe
From: roe@sobmips.UUCP (r.peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: should i expect MNP4 to be faster than non-MNP?
Message-ID: <1990Jan18.042832.14066@sobmips.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jan 90 04:28:32 GMT
References: <5110@loper.cs.vu.nl>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Sobeco Group - Montreal, Canada
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From article <5110@loper.cs.vu.nl>, by rvdp@cs.vu.nl (Ronald vd Pol):
> As far as I know MNP 4 offers an efficiency of at most 120%, MNP 5 offers
> an efficiency of at most 200%. Both offer a 100% reliable connection.
> (So with MNP modems you don't need Kermit, just cat the file).

Except that MNP modems don't necessarily guarantee flow control, whereas
kermit (and x-y-zmodem, uucp, etc.etc.) do.

Even spoofing kermit protocol, a telebit will still eventually wait for the
sender to ack (or nak) a packet.
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