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From: larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: USRobotics Courier HST/ix?
Message-ID: <1990Oct23.175851.15627@nstar.uucp>
Date: 23 Oct 90 17:58:51 GMT
References: <1990Oct16.172741.13979@cbnews.att.com> <1990Oct18.181733.18413@nstar.uucp> <15268@cbmvax.commodore.com> <25@tdw205.ed.ray.com>
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heiser@sud509.ed.ray.com (Bill Heiser - Unix Sys Admin) writes:

>I find that my inbound news averages (as shown by 'uutraf') a bit better than
>1200cps.  Outbound stuff, which is usually mail messages, news articles, etc,
>are around 1650-1670 cps.  Do I have a configuration problem here, or is this
>typical?

is your news compressed (16 bit)? - and what are the packet sizes?  

mail is generally in smaller packets - so the cps rate usually is not
very accurate 

>I'm also seeing "alarm x" messages when I try to do other stuff on the system
>while it's receiving news packets on the Telebit -- Do I need to install
>a 16550 on the serial port to reduce system load?

yes - if you driver supports the fido buffer in the 16550


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