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From: dzoey@TERMINUS.UMD.EDU
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Subject: Re: telnet over 9600 baud SLIP impressions
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Date: 6 Dec 90 16:57:12 GMT
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> -Henry Bland <henry@yogi.fhhosp.ab.ca>

> How effective is it to run NCSA telnet over a 9600 baud slip link
> for interactive use (ie editting)?  Is it somewhat like running
> over a 2400 baud modem...better...worse?

I can't speak to running NCSA over slip, but running MD-DOSIP over 9600 baud
slip isn't bad at all.  SLIP at 9600 baud feels much faster than regular
typing at 2400 baud.  This is primarily because you don't have to wait
so long for bulk refreshes.  There is not a noticible delay between keystroke
and echo back (except for using GNU Emacs, but that's because we're running
Emacs on a tiny VAX2000 and it's always that slow).

So, I wouldn't worry about using SLIP at 9600 baud in terms of user
interactive performance.  FTP will seem slow because you'll be used
to LAN speeds (what?  I can't pull down the Seashore GIF in 5 seconds? :-) )


				Joe Herman
				U. of MD DOS/IP Project.

dzoey@terminus.umd.edu