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From: tadguy@abcfd01.larc.nasa.gov (Tad Guy)
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Subject: Re: DNET
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Date: 21 May 91 17:38:14 GMT
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In-Reply-To: lag@aix01.aix.rpi.edu's message of 21 May 91 01: 12:29 GMT

In article <5dch9bj@rpi.edu> lag@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Jose (Lagnaf) Raffucci) writes:
> >> dnet-2.20 (available via anonymous ftp from ftp.uu.net in
> >> /amiga-sources/dillon/) works ok on my Sun4/75 running SunOS 4.1.1.
> >> There's some timing/protocol problems when running at high speeds
> >> (like 9600bps) over dirty phone lines that I haven't solved yet, but
> >> other than occasional lockups, it works ok...
> >> 
> >> 	...tad
> >
> >I was running it on our schools dual processor Solbourne (SunOS 4.0.3D)
> >and was having no problems at 9600.  The biggest problem I had was in 
> >connecting back to the amiga from the Solbourne, if you hit the Ctrl-C key
> >the dnet program on the unix side would go crazy and eat about 90% of the
> >CPU. (all system calls...
> 
> Wow... I along with 10 or so other people here have been running it off
> of sun 3's for a year and a half with no problems (major ones anyways)
> most of us use it at 9600 or 19200.  I have found that it provides us
> with the best and fastest error-free communications at these speeds.

Good for you.  But do you have really dirty phone lines?  I doubt
they're as bad as the ones I use, which are almost certainly tickling
a protocol error.

	...tad