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- From: jwhite1@rain.org (John White)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: faster than 28.8
- Date: Tue, 06 Feb 96 02:30:38 GMT
- Organization: RAIN Public Access Internet (805) 967-RAIN
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- In article <4f4bno$1l8k@hopi.gate.net>, dhaire@gate.net (doug haire)
- <4f1qi8$1pjo@hopi.gate.net> <eric-0402961939540001@sobt.accessorl.net> wrote:
- >Eric Shaw (eric@accessorl.net) wrote:
- >: In article <4f1qi8$1pjo@hopi.gate.net>, dhaire@gate.net (doug haire) wrote:
- >:
- >: >et> <DM0A30.1x@giskard.demon.co.uk>
- >: <eric-0102960011580001@sobt.accessorl.net> <DM429x.w4@giskard.demon.co.uk>
- >: <eric-0302960154340001@sobt.accessorl.net>:
- >: >Distribution:
- >: >
- >: >
- >: >Let's see the data. I have asked for this before and I am asking again.
- >: >This is totally bogus.
- >:
- >: I have reconnected the Couriers, and they were a little quicker this time
- >: with my test file, this time between 7K and 8K/s, still far from 11K/s.
- >: Perhaps the transfer was slower before due to different ROM revisions or
- >: something. These two both have supervisor dates of 7/5/95.
- >
- >Perhaps something else entirely is going on.
- >
- >: Here is the data:
- >:
- >: Date Time Prot Speed Size Secs Transfer Rate
- >: 2/4/96 5:11 PM RYg 115200 2359350 304 7747 67% Courier to
- >: Courier blank.bmp
- >: 2/4/96 5:15 PM RZ 115200 2359350 329 7171 62% Courier to
- >: Courier blank.bmp
- >: 2/4/96 5:20 PM RYg 115200 2359350 211 11140 96% Supra to
- >: Supra blank.bmp
- >: 2/4/96 5:24 PM RZ 115200 2359350 228 10352 90% Supra to
- >: Supra blank.bmp
- >: 2/4/96 5:29 PM RYg 115220 2359350 232 10150 88% Supra to
- >: Supra blank.bmp
- >: the last transfer is locked at 14.4K
- >:
- >: The file is only 2.3K zipped, although over 2M unzipped,
- >: so if you want it, I can send it to you and you can try it yourself.
- >
- >Zip it up and attach it to a message to me.
- >
- >: This data does not correlate well with the data I also collected below,
- >: however, using the Hayes test files. On the Hayes test files, the Couriers
- >: were faster.
- >:
- >: Date Time Prot Speed Size Secs Transfer Rate
- >: 2/3/96 7:21 PM SZ 115200 836010 92 9005 78% Courier to
- >: Courier 1X30.TST
- >
- >I notice the "PM SZ", am I correct in that this is OS/2 to OS/2 machine?
- >Am I also correct in presuming that the host is running multiple tasks or
- >logins at the time of these tests? Have you factored in the cpu overhead
- >and the effect this might have on your tests? My tests were run on 2 USR's
- >connected between 2 PC's running DOS 5.0. One machine was running Desqview
- >and had 2 nodes open with a user on the other node.
- >
- >Since others have shown the same results as I have shown you, I am
- >mystified by your apparent problems here. Perhaps after I get the test
- >file you used that got such a poor rate, I will be able to see some
- >other reason for poor rates.
- >
- >I will also run the Supra against these to see what I get with that.
- >--
- > "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before."
- > [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
-
- Looks like test results vary depending on what the test file is. So much for
- presenting data. Why not try common files that a typical user would be
- downloading etc. Seems a lot more practical than using special files from
- modem manufacturers.
-