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From: romain@pyramid.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Fast (12KBaud) UUCP 'g' transfer rates over Voice-Grade Lines
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Date: Sat, 15-Aug-87 04:11:14 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 15 04:11:14 1987
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Reply-To: romain@pyrnova.UUCP (Romain Kang)
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Keywords: Telebit, Trailblazer, caveat
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I would caution people who want to believe 'g' spoof mode is a UNIX
panacea.  It is a clever hack for people running uucp, but anyone else
still needs some form of hardware flow control.  I doubt anyone wants
to graft 'g' protocol into cu or tip, and the thought of adding Kermit
or XMODEM spoofware makes my stomach turn.  Otherwise, it is just
another measure that might delay the collapse of Usenet.

I also seem to remember Rick Adams once said that on a VAX 11/780 using
'g' protocol, transfers maxed out at about 9kbps.  This isn't a great
tragedy if you've got lots of cheap CPU cycles, but I can imagine
people on slower systems unable to afford the impact of running 'g'
protocol at high speeds.  (Still, it does work with existing systems.
I'm tempted to add a remark like, "I smell Peter Honeyman" but that
would be too cute...)

While the Telebits look better than other "fast" modems available
today, they are better in the same sense that a Model A Ford is
better than a Model T; the technology is still young and developing.
Trailblazers are exciting pieces of equipment, but they still have
basic drawbacks; e.g., interactive unresponsiveness in FAST mode, and
more seriously, the need for data overrun protection.  Anyone who buys
Telebits should be aware of these limitations and not expect miracles.