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From: davidsen@steinmetz.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re:  9600 bps dialups (HST 9600)
Message-ID: <6141@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 4-Jun-87 13:10:14 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  4 13:10:14 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 6-Jun-87 08:20:57 EDT
References: <8706030112.AA12502@mimsy.umd.edu>
Reply-To: davidsen@kbsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr)
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In article <8706030112.AA12502@mimsy.umd.edu> mgrant@MIMSY.UMD.EDU (Michael Grant) writes:
>>It wouldn't surprise me if the HST becomes the defacto standard for 9600 baud.
>>--Keith Petersen
>
>I would be surprised.  Even though I usually don't require more than 300 baud
>to type at a terminal, my systems support UUCP which wouldn't work very well
>with 300 baud in one direction.  Do these modems do some sort of flow 

Why? Are you using some huge ACK packets? 9600/300=32:1 directional
bandwidth. As long as your data packets are 32 times larger than your
ACK packets, you don't need 9600 both ways. Could you clarify why
your uucp needs this? None of mine do.



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	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me