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From: lron@easy.hiam (Dwight Hubbard)
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Subject: Re: UUCP Summary
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Date: 5 Jan 91 01:25:44 GMT
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In article <1991Jan3.122936.5929@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au>, James Gardiner [hunter] writes:

> 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.)

Well, the problem isn't coming up with the new protocol as it is getting
people to use it.  I understand there is supposed to be a streaming UUCICO
but I don't know where the people got the protocol or if it was written
by them specifically.  I just know they were getting transfers at about
the same speeds with HST 14.4s as a Telebit using PEP does with UUCP-G.
The 'E' protocol would be faster but the source isn't available besides
which it would be worthless for non MNP/LAPM modems.  Also, the lack of
source makes porting difficult, before working on a new proposal it would
probably be a good Idea to ask around for some of the other protocols.  I
find it difficult to believe with all the PD software out there that someone
hasn't found the time to write a streaming UUCICO to lower the phone bill.

The funny thing is that if the packet size for UUCICO was made 256 bytes
like Xmodem, the sattelite delays wouldn't cause the problems they do
because the modem wouldn't be able to send fast enough to hit the 7 packet
window.
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