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From: dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
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Subject: Re: Amazed by NCOMM 1.92 and XPR!!!
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Date: 20 Apr 91 22:22:14 GMT
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In article <1991Apr18.181303.25160@unlinfo.unl.edu> 231b3678@fergvax.unl.edu (Phil Dietz) writes:
>Holy moley!
> 
>I just tried the new version of NComm, and boy, am I amazed!  It has
>built in XPR transmission protocals and are they fast!  I downloaded
>off of a 19.2k direct connect fiber-optic network with both JRCOMM1.01 and
>Ncomm1.92 to see which was faster.  To my amazment Ncomm transferred
>around 1850 cps whereas jrcomm hit around 1550 cps.  I didn't believe my 
>results so I downloaded another 300k file to test again.  Sure enough, it
>peaked out at 1850 again!  I didn't believe it again, so I figured out the CPS
>via my calculator.  Te average CPS over the entire transfer was
>jrcomm1.01 1565 CPS and ncomm1.92 1849!

  My roomate usually gets 1864 cps with JrComm 1.01, and I get about the
same with most of my terminal programs, whether I use zmodem or ymodem.


> 
>How can an external packet/library format such as XPR beat an inline
>optimized zmodem code that jrcomm has?
> 
>Phil Dietz
> 
>BTW, Ncomm1.92 has added the rest of the Zmodem flags so it's usuable now.
> 
>
>-- Subliminal Signature
>                                                            Phil Dietz 
>   A      M      I      G      A              231b3678@fergvax.unl.edu       
>                                                     Univ. of Nebraska


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