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- From: JNavas@NavasGrp.com (John Navas)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: (E)nhanced (S)erial (P)ort...
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 04:21:03 GMT
- Organization: The Navas Group of Dublin, CA, USA
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- [Posted to comp.dcom.modems]
- estarry@oro.net (Ed Starry) wrote:
-
- >... Buffers
- >cache and caches buffer! Same thing, different language. ...
-
- Wrong. A comm buffer is a strict FIFO. A cache is not.
-
- >If I'd been using the same make and model of modem only an
- >external version I would be running at 38,400 and fighting overruns like
- >everyone else.
-
- Wrong -- the 16550 UART allows many of the rest of us to run comfortably at
- 115,200 (notwithstanding the fact than nothing more than 57,600 is needed
- for maximum performance from a 14.4 modem).
-
- >... Even a 16550 by itself will not 'fully support' 115,200 bps,
- >despite what John says. ...
-
- Like virtually everything else in your post, that is easily shown to be dead
- wrong.
-
- >... If everyone was using ESP's then ISP's and BBS's might stop using
- >this ludicrous '1 byte per IRQ' upload rate they now use.
-
- Wrong. With a 16550, they typically transfer about 14 bytes per interrupt.
- With a smart multi-port adapter, which many of them use, they transfer even
- more.
-
- >To keep from
- >crashing every client they have they have no choice now.
-
- Wrong. That's what flow control is for.
-
- >The first day they
- >tried to run wide open there would be crashing like never heard before.
- >28.8's running at 57,600 would be 'blown out of the water' in 10 seconds, or
- >less, without an ESP.
-
- Wrong.
-
- >I have a personal interest in this, I've experienced
- >fast and I want my ISP to crank things up to screaming fast. Near ISDN rates
- >from a 14.4 would save me major money in the long run.
-
- Wrong -- can't be done.
-
- >1. From PC Magazine, May 14, 1996 - page #78. 'Need more speed? You can
- >make faster connections with Lava. This interface card is designed to
- >increase the throughput of ANY V.34 analog modem.
-
- Wrong -- it won't.
-
- > A 33.6 should run at 134.4 Kbps.
-
- Wrong -- 115.2 Kbps is more than enough.
-
- >... Gee, they even let a plain
- >old V.34 run faster, what an enlightenment! ...
-
- Wrong -- they don't.
-
- > An interesting side effect with connections where *BOTH* modems are using
- >properly configured ESP's is what happens to zip/gif files.
-
- Wrong -- nothing happens.
-
- >PS: An 'Enhanced V.42bis' modem is a modem that compresses at a 8 to 1
- >ratio and they require an (E)nhanced (S)erial (P)ort to run at full speed.
- >Yes 8 to 1 compressing modems, contrary to what others tell you, do exist
- >and they will work as designed if set up properly.
-
- Wrong -- they don't (on real-world files).
-
- My Challenge is still unanswered. Put up or shut up.
-
- --
- Best regards,
- John mailto:JNavas@NavasGrp.com http://web.aimnet.com/~jnavas/
- 28800 Modem FAQ: http://web.aimnet.com/~jnavas/modem/faq.html
-