Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!w3vh!rolfe
From: rolfe@w3vh.UU.NET (Rolfe Tessem)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: 286 serial port woes
Keywords: UNIX 286, uucp
Message-ID: <391@w3vh.UU.NET>
Date: 15 Jan 89 13:17:04 GMT
References: <11871@netsys.COM>
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Organization: W3VH Packet Radio, Great Barrington, MA
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In article <11871@netsys.COM>, len@netsys.COM (Len Rose) writes:
> I am evaluating V/AT 2.4 on an 8 mhz clone 286 with 1 meg
> of ram. Can't reliably sustain a uucp transfer at speeds
> greater than 2400 baud. The system is extremely slow ,and
> is virtually unusable with a 16 bit compress running in the
> background.
>
I have a Telebit Trailblazer, and regularly do 9600 baud
UUCP sessions with V/AT 2.3 on a 10 Mhz clone.  I do have 3
meg of RAM though, and I suspect that some of your performance
problems stem from the fact that 1 meg is the absolute
minimum the system will run with -- as you start adding
memory, performance increases dramatically.  Having said
that though, I'll agree that 16 bit compress is a drag on
the system, even with 3 meg installed. 
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