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From: hunter@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au (James Gardiner [hunter])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: UUCP Summary
Message-ID: <1991Jan3.122936.5929@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au>
Date: 3 Jan 91 12:29:36 GMT
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In <186abac2.ARN08a8@easy.hiam> lron@easy.hiam (Dwight Hubbard) writes:

>> 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.  Most V.32 modems don't do spoofing like the telebit
>modems.  The speed will drop the longer the distance due to the lag time for
>the ACKs going back over the phone curcit, it may get close to 1100 cps on
>NON-Compressed news between two machines talking locally but never anywere
>close on a long distance connect.  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.

>> If you really want some speed, get a Microcom QX (Tricom) modem with MNP 9
>> permitting operation at 38,400 baud ... you'd "almost" think you were on a T1
>> line connected to the Internet!

>Still don't matter, if it doesn't do spoofing the data is going to get across
>and it will have to wait for the ACKs to come back.

This brings up a question that I am surprised I have not seen before.
Why is there not UUCICO out there that do a zmodem type protocal.
Make this PEP spoofing obsolete.  While you are there, make it
bidirectional as well.  Its only a matter of SOFTWARE.
and UUCP being such an old standard, SHOULD have some new ideas
added to it NOW to take advantage of the High speed modems around today.
(there is a UUnetwork poping up here in Australia and some
of the Admins are working on such a proposel slowly.)

Hunter
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