Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!purdue!iuvax!valnet!joseph From: joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Atalk III & Kermit Message-ID: Date: 10 Oct 90 21:36:01 GMT References: <1990Oct9.113020.10880@sisd.kodak.com> Organization: Valley BBS Network Lines: 26 jeh@sisd.kodak.com (Ed Hanway) writes: > papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes: > >In article <1990Oct8.193808.21972@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jbn35564@uxa.cso.uiuc.ed > >>Why not fix the XPR Zmodem? > > >There is really nothing to fix. XPR-Zmodem has an inherent overhead due to > >the external protocol definition. > > Then why not fix the external protocol definition? Or what I really mean > is extend it to make it capable of handling full-duplex streaming protocols > without degradation. > > Ed Hanway > uunet!sisd!jeh The fact that the protocol is *external* is why it isn't as fast as an internal protocol. BTW, does anyone know if, on a 25 mhz 2500/30, that the downloading problems with JR-Comm are eliminated, when using 9600 baud on a 16 color screen? -Joseph Hillenburg UUCP: ...iuvax!valnet!joseph ARPA: valnet!joseph@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu INET: joseph@valnet.UUCP