Xref: utzoo alt.bbs.waffle:1848 comp.dcom.modems:9696 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!decwrl!ogicse!pdxgate!parsely!twiki!dalew From: dalew@twiki.PDX.COM (Dale A. Weber) Newsgroups: alt.bbs.waffle,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Why HST's and UUCP don't mix (was Re: uucico and HST) Message-ID: Date: 13 May 91 06:08:10 GMT References: Organization: Wafflemania Unlimited - Portland, OR USA Lines: 19 otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes: > This is fortunately incorrect. One of the best features of V.42bis is that i > can (unlike MNP5) disable the compression if it would make things worse. I'm > not sure if it can do this when connected to a MNP5 modem, but I doubt it. > I believe the comp.dcom.modems folks can clear things up here ? You get either MNP (with or without level 5) or V.42bis but not both. Yes, V.42bis is smart enough to turn itself OFF if compression would create larger transfers where MNP is not. If your modem has both V.42bis and MMP, that it will try to negotiate V.42bis first and then fall back and try MNP if that fails, and finally to a standard connect if both fail if you are using autoreliable mode. -- Internet: dalew@pdx.com OR dalew@twiki.pdx.com UUCP: ..!{ogicse, sun!nosun, tektronix}!tessi!twiki!dalew BBS: +1(503)239-4960 1200/2400 Bps [MNP5], 24 hours, PCPable via ORPOR WORK: Northwest Analytical, Inc. Voice: +1(503)224-7727