Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!pyramid!csg From: csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Packet size & number of windows in UUCP Message-ID: <16000@pyramid.pyramid.com> Date: 1 Mar 88 18:05:24 GMT References: <15322@pyramid.pyramid.com> <402@cogen.UUCP> <211@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk> Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA Lines: 38 Keywords: UUCP, packets, windows, tweaks, performance >>The "packet and window size" in UKUUCP refers to the X.25 packet and window >>size.... > >Nope..... the packet and window size I was referring to IS the size in bytes >of each packet and the number of packets allowed to be outstanding before >an ACK is required. Yeah, shame on me. (Two complete blunders in one posting! Arggghh.) I have the UKUUCP source, and studied it before I posted; but the packet-size stuff is implemented in a clever way that fooled me. My apologies for posting misinfor- mation; thanks to you and Lee for the correction. Maybe I should try *running* the code and see what it does. Radical concept. >FYI - ukuucp did more than just invent a new field - they redefined >the language - Granted, but I have this thing about incompatible formats of the UUCP control files in different versions. Enough different versions already. Of course, some things (like USERFILE) will have to go some day.... >When I was at Citicorp I got Pyramid uucp on 4.3 to talk to ukuucp with >no trouble. (-: Have Pyramid broken uucp again? :-) No, I don't think I broke UUCP again. :-) It works fine with on dialup; I was talking about direct X.25 over JANET. Some weird problem with X.3 parameters. Since Lee McLoughlin has made the mistake of identifying himself on the USENET :-), I'll talk to him directly about it. >however don't dispair since with the help of the net I'm sure we can find a >source site with a similar configuration that could gen a binary for most >interested sites. As I mentioned earlier, I was wrong. Source sites cannot generate binaries for interested binary sites, without a redistribution license and relicensing of the target system. I believe Pyramid's UK office provides binaries of UKUUCP for their customers (hey Brian, can you confirm this?), but they do have all the appropriate licenses.