Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!ox.com!mudos!mju From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Re; "burstiness" of MNP modems Message-ID: Date: 9 Mar 91 13:53:57 GMT References: <39681@cup.portal.com> Organization: The Programmer's Pit Stop, free Usenet, +1 313 665 2832 Lines: 18 Wingnut@cup.portal.com (Chris Allan Goodey) writes: > Now my question is, why can't someone write smarter firmware to smooth > this out by pausing briefly between characters. The more data in the > buffer, the less you 'smooth' the output. I am sure with a little > experimenting the jerkiness of the output could be totally eliminated! Well, I can tell you that *I'd* never buy a modem with this "feature". Nor would I recommend it for any of my customers. Why? Because by inserting these pauses to "smooth" the output of the modem, you're decreasing the speed at which the computer can receive data. I'm not going to buy or recommend a modem that actually *reduces* your transfer rates for purely cosmetic reasons. -- Marc Unangst | mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us | "Bus error: passengers dumped" ...!umich!leebai!mudos!mju |