Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!umn-d-ub!cs.umn.edu!cybrspc!roy From: roy@cybrspc (Roy M. Silvernail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Mac/IBM text compression Message-ID: Date: 15 Jun 90 08:35:49 GMT Organization: Villa CyberSpace, Minneapolis, MN Lines: 18 In message <30796@cup.portal.com>, david_islander_hughes@cup.portal.com writes: > Arc, zoo, etc. are good, but to really compress times use an MNP 5 > or above modem..... and 9600 baud really helps, too MNP compression will yield the best results on uncompressed data. In fact, sending compressed data over an MNP 5 link may actually slow the transmission down! But you're right... 9600 bps will surely liven things up! :-) -- ____________________________________________________________________________ Roy M. Silvernail \/ #include ; #define opinions MINE now available at: \ "If they ever figure out who you really are, {...}!umn.cs.edu!cybrspc!roy \ you'll die the True Death for sure!" ______________________________/\__________-- Mr. Slippery __________________