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From: benton@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Kevin Benton)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: G versus Zmodem (was Re: List of sites with broken Followup...)
Keywords: zmodem, g protocol
Message-ID: <165@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>
Date: 23 May 89 21:27:22 GMT
References: <244@clmqt.UUCP> <112.2475C03A@jsheese.FIDONET.ORG>
Reply-To: benton@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Kevin Benton)
Organization: U of Akron Computer Center, Ohio
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In article <112.2475C03A@jsheese.FIDONET.ORG> jeffery@jsheese.Fidonet.ORG writes:
>In an article of <20 May 89 06:55:02 GMT>, scott@clmqt.UUCP (Scott Reynolds)  
>writes:
>
> >My xferstats file shows some interesting figures.  On a direct dial 2400
> >baud connection, average transfer rate (for files of at least 5K or 
> >bigger) is 193 cps.  On a clean line, G will actually do up to about 222
> >cps, believe it or not!  Compare this to my best ZModem times of 231 cps

>Using Binkleyterm (a Fidonet mailer for MSDOS machines - read *not* IBM  
>dependant) I average around 235-240 cps at 2400 baud.  It has it's own bult-in  
>zmodem implementation.  Source code is available from choice Fidonet systems.   
>Send mail if interested, I can tell you where to find it or even post the  

<much removed>

If someone will send me a copy of a public domain uucp with source, that is
well commented, I'd be happy to add a Z protocol, and a "K" protocol, one of
my own bi-directional protocols that basically runs Zmodem both ways, but
but somewhat better than bi-modem.

kb