Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!rutgers!galaxy.rutgers.edu!andromeda.rutgers.edu!perez From: perez@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Willie Perez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: ZTerm 0.85 upload problems (SOLVED) Message-ID: Date: 11 Jan 90 07:11:12 GMT References: <1990Jan10.151156.21782@eddie.mit.edu> Sender: news@galaxy.rutgers.edu Reply-To: perez@andromeda.rutgers.edu.UUCP (Willie Perez) Organization: Rutgers University, Newark, NJ Lines: 62 In article <1990Jan10.151156.21782@eddie.mit.edu> rabbit@eddie.mit.edu (Warren J. Madden) writes: >for the upload to work correctly, the port on the DecServer had to be set >for 8 bits, no parity, and XON/XOFF flow control. Additionally, the >connection between the server and the Unix system had to be set to passall >mode, so that the binary chars would go through right. Yup, I spoke to the administrators who reinformed me of the proper settings and a command I have to issue upon connection. > While the above settings did allow me to upload successfully, the >spead was nowhere near that of downloading. Apparently, the server can >take data from the Mac not nearly as fast as it can dish it out, so the Mac >spends a lot of its time waiting for the server to digest what's in its >buffer. At 9600, it took 71 seconds to send a 56K file (80% efficiency). >At 19.2Kb, it took slightly under a minute (42% efficiency). Still, that >sure beats the heck out of Kermit. I got a full 98% efficiency on uploading as well as downloading. The bigger the file, the more the efficiency builds. Usually within 4 minutes. --Willi Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: ZTerm 0.85 upload problems (SOLVED) Summary: Expires: References: <1990Jan10.151156.21782@eddie.mit.edu> Sender: Reply-To: perez@andromeda.rutgers.edu.UUCP (Willie Perez) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Rutgers University, Newark, NJ Keywords: In article <1990Jan10.151156.21782@eddie.mit.edu> rabbit@eddie.mit.edu (Warren J. Madden) writes: >for the upload to work correctly, the port on the DecServer had to be set >for 8 bits, no parity, and XON/XOFF flow control. Additionally, the >connection between the server and the Unix system had to be set to passall >mode, so that the binary chars would go through right. Yup, I spoke to the administrators who reinformed me of the proper settings and a command I have to issue upon connection. > While the above settings did allow me to upload successfully, the >spead was nowhere near that of downloading. Apparently, the server can >take data from the Mac not nearly as fast as it can dish it out, so the Mac >spends a lot of its time waiting for the server to digest what's in its >buffer. At 9600, it took 71 seconds to send a 56K file (80% efficiency). >At 19.2Kb, it took slightly under a minute (42% efficiency). Still, that >sure beats the heck out of Kermit. I got a full 98% efficiency on uploading as well as downloading. The bigger the file, the more the efficiency builds. Usually within 4 minutes. --Willi Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Expires: References: Sender: Reply-To: perez@andromeda (Willie Perez) Followup-To: Distribution: world Organization: Rutgers University, Newark, NJ Keywords: