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- From: crs0794@inforamp.net (Geoffrey Welsh)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Is USR going to support 42bis+ on future courier upgrades?
- Date: 26 Mar 1996 03:54:31 GMT
- Organization: InfoRamp Inc., Toronto, Ontario (416) 363-9100
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- In article <4j3r1f$1tc4@seminole.gate.net>,
- dhaire@gate.net (doug haire) wrote:
- >[...] Second, I'd like to point out that comm overruns are a
- >fault that lies with the operating system software of the CPU. I recently
- >tested this on a comparison with a large file and two different platforms
- >(MS-DOS and Linux) on the same CPU. The sender was a 486dx4/100 CPU running
- >MS-DOS and using a USR Courier V.34 v.everything. The receiver was a
- >486sx33 with another Courier (same model) running linux and MS-DOS
- >(separate partitions, dual boot). Modems were connected via an 8 ft
- >telephone cable and synched at 33,600 bps with V.42 LAPM and V.42bis
- >compression.
- >
- >The linux platform received the file with no errors, no comm overruns, no
- >garbled subpackets, no problems.
- >
- >The MS-DOS platform received constant errors such as comm overruns and
- >garbled subpackets.
- >
- >I also ran the tests using *no* modems (null modem cable connection at
- >115200 connection rate). The MS-DOS to MS-DOS connection was completely
- >unusable with way too many errors at the receiver. The MS-DOS to linux
- >connection was stable and never showed an error.
-
- This is exactly correct... and I blame it on the crap that passes for MS-DOS
- device drivers and the foolish ways in which we 'improve' performance, such as
- blocking interrupts during multi-sector IDE transfers. However, virtual 8086
- mode is also a terrible place to run anything timing sensitive, including your
- OS (DOS).
-
- >When the common computer software platform is capable of handling 115200
- >properly perhaps we can then consider the 230k UART speed.
-
- Hmm, I'm typing this message on a 386DX-40 running Windows 3.1 and Trumpet.
- The 28.8 modem is talking to me at 115200 bps and, thanks to a 16550A UART,
- Trumpet never complains about overruns. The speed limit on this machine is my
- ISA VGA card, but I could probably push the limit further for things like ftp
- if I thought that there was any point.
-
- --
- Geoffrey Welsh, Developer, InSystems Technologies Inc.
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