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- From: estarry@oro.net (Ed Starry)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Why 33600?
- Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 21:39:33 -0700
- Organization: "oronet, Penn Valley, CA"
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- an514295@anon.penet.fi (RadioMan) wrote about {Re: Why 33600?} in
- 'comp.dcom.modems'...
-
- ~estarry@oro.net (Ed Starry) wrote:
-
- ~>: Not really! If people would start demanding (and using) 'cached serial
- ~>:ports' they would discover even 14.4's are much faster than they realize. To
- ~>:me this increasing of the Analog Rate is a marketing ploy.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ~What the hell is a "cached serial port"? FIFO buffers are commonly used
- ~to cache data, but the fact remains that a 28.8 modem, which can transfer
- ~data at 3000-3300 cps, IS FASTER than a 14.4 modem, which transfers data at
- ~1400-1600 cps. "Cacheing" data means little when the modem itself won't
- ~move it in and out of your computer faster.
-
- ~Think of it like a water pipe. A larger diameter pipe is capable of
- ~transfering the same amount of water (data) much faster than a smaller pipe
- ~can. Adding a water holding tank (cache) will not improve the actual
- ~transfer rate through the system.
-
- ~I suspect you have never used a 28.8 modem or this conversation would not
- ~be occuring.
- ===========================================
-
- If you have a CD-ROM or HD with a RAM cache turn it off then come back and
- tell me it didn't make a bit of difference. I don't need a 28.8 modem when I
- can transfer data at 6-7,000 cps with a 14.4. A cached serial port has two
- separate 1,024 byte (or greater) RAM buffers, one on each side of the serial
- port. I thought of your water pipe and the next thing that came to mind was
- pressure. You use a 28.8 with 10 lbs. of pressure and I use a 14.4 with 100
- lbs. of pressure. There's a matter of compression, my 14.4 modem compresses
- data and your 28.8 doesn't!
-
- It never ceases to amaze me why people think a 14.4 won't go over 1,600 cps,
- they must be living in a cave. There are 14.4 modems rated at 115,200 bps
- and as difficult as it is to believe they will run at this rate. Any modem
- will run at their advertised DTE rate if the serial port is cached and the
- operator knows how to configure the system. You've been told that modems
- won't compress for such a long time you believe it. Compression is alive and
- well for those of us that know how to make it work! Anyone that sets their
- DTE rate below specifications is guilty of shooting themselves in the foot.
- Are you running your modem at its rated DTE speed? I am! 14.4@115,200.
-
- A 14.4 modem running at 115,200 is no slower than a 28.8 running at 115,200.
- 28.8's running at 230,400 are a different matter, they are faster.
-
- PS: If you don't know what a cached serial port is and how they work don't
- condemn them. DTE is the measure of data flow and 115,200 is 115,200 whether
- it be from a 14.4 or a 28.8!!!
-
- Ed...
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