Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!claris!wombat From: wombat@claris.com (Scott Lindsey) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: AppleShare vs Oscar vs PublicFolder (was Re: TOPS vs. PublicFolder) Keywords: tarpon, jewel, Dana, scintillate Message-ID: Date: 19 Feb 90 06:10:22 GMT References: <3782@accuvax.nwu.edu> <5374@okstate.UUCP> <1990Feb14.184128.738@intercon.com> <741@suntops.Tops.Sun.COM> <10880@claris.com> <742@suntops.Tops.Sun.COM> Sender: wombat@claris.com Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 21 In-reply-to: cohen@santa_fe.Tops.Sun.COM's message of 15 Feb 90 21:06:27 GMT Subversive: ICBMCOM In article <742@suntops.Tops.Sun.COM> cohen@santa_fe.Tops.Sun.COM (Michael Cohen) writes: > In article <10880@claris.com> peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce) writes: > >In article <741@suntops.Tops.Sun.COM> cohen@santa_fe.tops.sun.com (Michael Cohen) writes: > >> PublicFolder [uses] ADSP. > > > >Ahem, Public Folder does not use ADSP. It uses ATP. > Sorry about this mistake. I knew that Pete Helme's "Oscar" is based on > ADSP, so I assumed that PublicFolder was as well. Just as a matter of possible interest, I did some non-scientific benchmarking and discovered that Oscar and Public Folder transfer files at the same rate, regardless of the difference in protocols (most of my tests were with a 900K file). Both are approximately 4x (I think) the speed of copying a file from an AppleShare server (LocalTalk or EtherTalk). Scott Lindsey | I dig iguana in their outer space duds Claris Corp. | saying, "Aren't you glad we only eat bugs?" ames!claris!wombat| DISCLAIMER: These are not the opinions of Claris, Apple, wombat@claris.com | StyleWare, the author, or anyone else living or Dead.