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- From: dhaire@gate.net (doug haire)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Is 33.6 only available for USR?
- Date: 29 Jan 1996 12:07:59 -0500
- Organization: CyberGate, Inc.
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- Eric Shaw (eric@accessorl.net) wrote:
- : In article <4eg5sp$v74@navajo.gate.net>, dhaire@gate.net (doug haire) wrote:
- :
- : >Now, all that person has to do is take that Hayes test file and reduce it
- : >to 170559 bytes and transfer it at 14400 and post the results.
- :
- : Gotta make sure you use the same protocol, too. i.e. Ymodem-G is faster
- : than Z-modem, which is of course a lot faster than plain xmodem or kermit.
- : Ymodem-G will probably be best at showing raw compression ratios because
- : its streaming, whereas other protocols will show the amount of latency
- : more.
-
- Yes, I agree, the protocol should be the same. I used Zmodem w/Mobyturbo.
- Your point about Ymodem-G is good but I don't think it would show a
- significant difference. The rate would be higher simply because Ymodem-G
- does not send crc's with each 1k of data so there is lower overhead. I
- would be happy to rerun some tests using Ymodem-G, however, if I could
- just get someone with the opposing viewpoint to actually post some data
- that supports their POV.
-
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