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- From: dale@giskard.demon.co.uk (Dale Shuttleworth)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: UART 16650
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:02:35 GMT
- Organization: Dale's home Linux box.
- Message-ID: <DnGIoB.n9@giskard.demon.co.uk>
- References: <31214F47.1FFC@ozemail.com.au> <4fsr22$4o1@centurio.m30x.nbg.scn.de> <4gf6b3$v5d@mips.pfalz.de> <4gkaj5$i5f@hg.oro.net> <DnAnB1.Mr@giskard.demon.co.uk> <4grb53$a0e@hg.oro.net>
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- Hi,
-
- Ed Starry (estarry@oro.net) wrote:
-
- [...]
-
- : Gee, does this means modems advertised at 23,000 CPS are fakes? If everyone
- : transmits data to the modem at rates higher than can be sent by the modem
- : why can't I see 12,000 CPS downloads? Because the uploading modem isn't
- : using 16 byte Tx Buffers to speed things up! If you can upload it I can
- : download it.
-
- I haven't seen any modems "advertised at 23,000 CPS". I've seen
- 28.8kbps modems with 230.4kbps serial ports, but it would be very
- misleading to call them 23,000 CPS modems. How of the data you send
- is compressible by a factor of 8?
-
- You haven't given me enough information to tell you why you are not
- seeing 12,000 CPS downloads. Perhaps you are transmitting files which
- don't compress well or perhaps your serial port/modem is only capable of
- 11,520 CPS (as most standard 16x50 port configurations are). I would
- strongly recommend the use of PKZIP or similar (where possible) if you
- are regularly seeing serial port speed downloads anyway.
-
- Providing you are keeping the modem saturated with data then it doesn't
- matter how big the transmit buffer is. A 1 byte buffer and a serial
- port speed of 115200kbps will keep a V34 modem saturated with all but
- the most compressible data (assuming anything other than a truly
- glacial interrupt latency).
-
- : Alas, they're not a waste of time but a saver of time. Using the full 16
- : byte Tx Buffer frees up IRQ time to play DOOM while uploading a file. This
- : isn't wasting time, it's relieving stress.
-
- Wow, a whole extra 0.001 frame every second.
-
- Dale.
-
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