| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 2 May 2000 at 23:06:58 |
| Subject: | Re:Twister Int. (was Power Flyer questions). |
Simon Mason said,
>> That's interesting, as I've been considering a faster serial port, but
>> I get about the same speeds as that with my standard serial port!
> Yeah, but a lot has got to do with your ISP's performance (I think).
Exactly, 3.5K/s is hardly something to write home about, unless you're
writing a letter of complaint :)
A V90 modem should be able to download from Aminet at around 5.5K/s
> If you get those speeds on the standard port then you will benefit from such
> a device
> (hopefully!) Plus I think it frees up the DMA.
And reduces CPU load. Even if the download speeds remain the same,
everything works more smoothly.
Neil
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