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From: luce@aurs01.UUCP (J. Luce)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: High Speed Modems and buffers for interactive mode
Message-ID: <59581@aurs01.UUCP>
Date: 18 Feb 91 14:10:19 GMT
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Reply-To: luce@aurw46.UUCP (J. Luce)
Organization: Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh NC
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This filling of a buffer of a high speed modem is a bit of pain. The BBS
s/w that I use does not pause after each page or msg. You press P during
typeout to pause and any key to restart. Therefore, 9600+ callers still
get a boatload of msgs to pass by before the P takes effect.

I have gone so far as to limit the users to 2400 in interactive mode and
mailers to access via 9600. But the people who call direct and want to
d/l or u/l get hurt by this. ::sigh::

Any bright ideas running around about this (no, changing BBS s/w is
*NOT* an option)...  :)

P.S. Would having the port run at 9600 (not 19.2 or 38.4) be feasible? I
realize that would counteract the use of V.42 and MNP-5 but 9600 is
still 4 times faster than 2400 :).


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