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- From: dhaire@gate.net (doug haire)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Is USR going to support 42bis+ on future courier upgrades?
- Date: 27 Mar 1996 04:54:31 -0500
- Organization: CyberGate, Inc.
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- Geoffrey Welsh (crs0794@inforamp.net) wrote:
- : 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).
-
- The only platform performing any multi-tasking was the linux one. Th eDOS
- platforms were both just running plain ol' DOS, no Windows, no DesqView
- or any other add-on.
-
- : >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.
-
-
- What would ftp have to do with it? There appears to be a misconception of
- the Point `N Click interface folks that an ftp of a file goes direct from
- the remote system to the user's personal computer. Nothing could be further
- from the truth. The file is transferred from the remote site to the local
- ISP and then transfeered from there to the user's computer.
-
-
- Same thing with the pretty pictures; they are transferred from the remote
- site to the local ISP then to the user whose computer extracts and
- displays them.
-
- T'ain't no magic here, folks... just buffers, fast processors, T-1 links,
- and software that hides the mechanics from the user.
-
-