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From: throop@aurs01.UUCP (Wayne Throop)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Getting MS-DOS to poll in backgroun (was FSUUCP execution)
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Date: 21 Feb 91 19:47:21 GMT
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> time@ice.com (Tim Endres)
>> tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) writes:
>>> ???

>>> [..background comm can be done with..] Desqview or Windows [...]
>>> [..but not many..] boxes have the horsepower
>>> to run [...] a UUCICO program in background
>> can UUPC run in the background under Windows 3.0?
> uAccess [...] On the lowly MacPlus [...] 2400 baud rates without a hitch

Using Desqview and UUPC on a lowly 8088 laptop I can run
connections at 9600 bps in the background.  I presume it could
go faster, but I haven't bothered for uucp connections.

Using the same setup but various other comm protocols, I've run 
connections between my laptop and desktop at up to 38400bps reliably.

Effective throughputs a little slower due to handshaking overhead
and such, but even so, I don't think horspower per se is really
a problem.

( I don't know about Windows, though... it might present
   a different set of problems. )

Wayne Throop       ...!mcnc!aurgate!throop