Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!hubcap!gatech!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: ShrinkIt v1.0 Message-ID: <8903130049.aa10192@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 13 Mar 89 05:38:03 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 27 >BTW - if anyone out there is still using 1200 baud when their host >can support 2400, get a 2400 baud modem! The difference is quite like >the difference between 300 and 1200... I just got myself a 2400-baud >modem and it's great! Quicker for downloading, too... I've used a 1200 at home and a 2400 at work for some time now. The difference (2 to 1) IS NOT as noticeable as the difference between 300 and 1200 (4 to 1). In fact, since I can neither read nor type at 120 characters a second, I haven't found the greater speed of 2400 worth the $$$ to upgrade my modem at home (I'll be tempted once I see a really good price on a MNP-5 2400, because I do get annoyed by phone noise from time to time and because the compression feature of level 5 IS supposed to produce something appearing to be closer to a 4 to 1 speed difference). I haven't even noticed that file transfer is all that much faster (though since I tend to transmit files of mostly less than 20K, it's little wonder I don't notice a striking difference). Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited) According to the American Facsimile Association, more than half the calls from Japan to the U.S. are fax calls. FAX it to me at: 1-203-486-5246