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From: meuchen@grad2.cis.upenn.edu (Paul Eric Menchen)
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Subject: Re: modem thruput: what do you get?
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Date: 22 Feb 90 00:22:48 GMT
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In article <7380043@hpwrce.HP.COM> ted@hpwrce.HP.COM ( Ted Johnson) writes:
>How many chars/sec should a "good" implementation of kermit transmit?
>
>Using a Hayes 1200, I got  70 chars/sec
>Using a Hayes 2400, I got 118 chars/sec
...
>I tested this w/ 6.0.3, and Red Ryder 9.4, to a HP-UX machine, with
>a 90k file, on a moderately noisy line.
...
>Question:  does Red Ryder suck, or are these typical thruput numbers?

Kermit sucks if you're looking for thruput.  Your milage may very, but
50% efficiency is about as good as it gets for binary files.  I get up
to 75% or so for text.  I'm using a 7E1 hardwire connection, but I
think these numbers will apply to 8 data bits as well.

Paul Eric Menchen
meuchen@grad1.cis.upenn.edu