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- From: jimy@cae.wisc.edu (Jim Yu)
- Subject: Question on modems
- Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
- Date: 23 Jan 93 18:27:40 CST
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.182740.9123@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
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- I use a 9600 V.42bis/MNP5 GVC modem with White Knight software.
-
- When I call another identical GVC modem,
- I can transfer ASCII files at ~960 char/sec with Z-modem protocol.
- However, when I call our college's modem, also a 9600bps (unknown
- brand to me), the same procedure gives me ~1200 char/sec.
- Both modems reports "CONNECT 9600T/V42BIS" when connection is established.
-
- Does anyone have any idea why one modem performs that much better than
- the other? In the beginning I thought that the difference was caused by
- different levels of noise in the line, at different calling times.
- Today I called both modems, one after the other, and got the results above.
-
- My GVC manual says that the T after 9600 refers to a Trelis connection
- and is the fastest connection supported by that modem. It also says
- that V.42bis will enable speeds up to 4 times, giving an effective
- speed of 38400bps.
- Well, 960 char/sec is just about 9600 bps. Where is the extra speed
- offered by V.42bis? The file is compressible, as evidenced by the
- college's modem.
- It just seems odd to me that the GVC will talk faster with other modems
- than with one os its own kind.
-
- Any help will be appreciated.
-
- Jim
-