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From: silver@xrtll.uucp (Hi Ho Silver)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Software to transform generic 2400 modem to MNP level 5?
Message-ID: <1991Jan3.034355.5926@xrtll.uucp>
Date: 3 Jan 91 03:43:55 GMT
References: <9012221054.aa08435@PARIS.ICS.UCI.EDU> <37187@cup.portal.com> <2780d8d5.38f4@petunia.CalPoly.EDU>
Reply-To: silver@xrtll.UUCP (Hi Ho Silver)
Organization: Yeah, right.
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In article <2780d8d5.38f4@petunia.CalPoly.EDU> jdudeck@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (John R. Dudeck) writes:
$I tried the version of MTE that is on SIMTEL.  I normally log into our
$Unix system on campus, which is equipped with MNP5 modems.  The MTE program
$displays a little "speedometer" that shows the bits per second being
$transmitted and received.  According to this, the instantaneous rates hits
$up in the thousands of bps.  But I tried timing various displays of text,
$and never was able to get it to display faster than the same text at 2400
$bps without MNP.  In fact, in normal interactive work such as editing or
$reading news, the overall effect is to slow down your work, because there
$is a certain overhead for the MNP protocol, which results in noticeable
$delays as you type.

   I used FLASHlink during my last school year.  Typical throughput was
between 3000 and 3600 bps for rn and mail, which made up most of what I
did :-)  I wasn't particularly bothered by the jerkiness; to get essentially
error-free and higher-speed transmission, I found it quite easy to put up
with.  And yes, it will report peak throughput of 18kbps most times, since
there will usually be a packet consisting of mostly spaces that it can
compress the heck out of.

   I used to use it to log in here, too, but it seems to screw up the
modem (the host one, not mine) when I disconnect.  Strange.
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