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From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: UUCP Summary
Message-ID: <37235@cup.portal.com>
Date: 26 Dec 90 01:18:28 GMT
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lron@easy.hiam (Dwight Hubbard) in <186abac2.ARN08a8@easy.hiam> writes:

	In article <37219@cup.portal.com>, Thad P Floryan writes:

	[Other stuff deleted]

	> The V.32 modems, typically with (at least) MNP 5 or V.42, "should"
	> permit 1,400+ chars per second no sweat.  And if you're using Amigas
	> with 68030 chips

	No, way more like 700cps.
	[...]
	I'm connecting with a USR HST in V.32 mode with V.42bis and am seeing
	about 650cps.  The 68000 in the machine I'm running UUCP on has no
	trouble keeping up.

Then you either have a defective modem or noisy phone lines (requiring many
retransmissions).  The original tests I conducted used 4+MB files and the stats
agreed with "wall clock" times.

I have tested hundreds of different modems in the course of consulting for one
company and am quite familiar with this subject.  For UUCP tests I use HDB
UUCP on UNIX boxes (not the Amiga), but with a V.32 modem on my Amiga I
consistently get over 1000 cps with a mixture of files daily transferring
between my ftp-access site and my Amiga ... actual time is around 16 minutes
per megabyte (with a DSI 9624LE V.32 modem).

Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]