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From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: Low uucp performance with fast modems
Message-ID: <4a2NV5w164w@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: 12 Jan 91 15:41:02 GMT
References: <1991Jan9.091831.6269@kberg.se>
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> I have been using a V32 9600 baud modem with SCO Xenix 2.3.2. The
> transfer to our feed is (of course) uucp. When checking figures for
> transfers I seem to get something like 500-600 chars per second. This
> seems a little pale to me.

No, that's about what you get when you run UUCP over a V.32 modem.

Try buying a Telebit modem, which includes UUCP spoofing, and watch
throughput jump to 1300cps or so.

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