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- From: estarry@oro.net (Ed Starry)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: v34 speed on txt files???
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 20:06:31 GMT
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- fairbank@access.digex.net (Eric Fairbank) wrote about {Re: v34 speed on txt
- files???} in 'comp.dcom.modems'...
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- ~ Again, a 14400 modem that supports more than 57,600?
-
- ~ You have stirred my curiousity even more. I will be looking into
- ~this much deeper. Thanks for your input.
- ==========================
- 8.4 KByte * 1,024 = 8,600 bytes = 86,000 bps / 14,400 = 5.97:1, I think!
-
- 5.97:1 for LAPM transfer, divided by 2 for comparison to MNP = 2.98:1
- compression ratio. Would be 3:1 if I were using MNP, 'But I'm Not'. Remember
- this was the max. rate observed. 7 Kbyte/sec would be 4.98:1 and dropped
- down to MNP would be 2.49:1. Does 2.5:1 look better? If I were *stuck* with
- a MNP connection then 3,000-3,500 cps would be the norm for text using
- everyday minimal compression. Full compression would be nearer 6,000 cps for
- MNP and 12,000 cps for LAPM.
-
- There are the MNP compliant modems that people take for granted as being the
- top of the food chain. 'Not So', there are LAPM compliant modems that
- support (8:1) compression, 14.4/115,200 and 28.8/230,400. They will step
- down to MNP (4:1) if that's what the other end is but 1st choice is to use
- LAPM algorithms for error correction and compression. My ISP uses 28.8-LAPM
- (8:1) modems and I connect at 14400/115200.
-
- I use an Intel 14.4 SatisFaxtion 400/internal with a 115,200 bps rating. Has
- two 1,024 byte I/O caching buffers to keep the UART humming along error free
- at high speed. This modems serial port is cached like a good CD-ROM drive
- is. I too did my homework before buying this specific make and model.
-
- There are a number of 28.8 modems both internal and external that support
- 230,400 bps (8:1) compression. Finding software that supports over 115,200
- is the hard part for single users. Trumpet stops at 115,200 bps, as do most
- commercial Comm packages, ProCom, WinCommPro, etc.
-
- Re: The 10 KByte/sec rate of someone's that you initially questioned. Two
- 28.8-LAPM modems should be able to do this quite easily. In fact, this rate
- is really on the 'low side'. One, or both, probably has a configuration
- problem.
-
- Ed...
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