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- From: andy@cs.caltech.edu (Andy Fyfe)
- Subject: Re: V.42bis effectiveness (was Re: V.42bis - on 2400 baud)
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- References: <1992Aug28.140938.9352@qiclab.scn.rain.com> <KEN.92Aug28212916@stthomas.Cayman.COM> <fRUuCqJ@quack.sac.ca.us>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 23:14:52 GMT
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- In article <fRUuCqJ@quack.sac.ca.us> mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us (Nick Sayer) writes:
- >I don't think v.42bis is probably all that helpfull for "traditional"
- >uses, which amount to reading text interactively or transfering
- >compressed files (typical BBS usage)
-
- I did a bit of experimenting sending a compressed file over a v42bis
- link. I sent both the file as it stood, and an ASCII-fied version,
- make with btoa. I found that the V42bis compression on the ascii
- version almost completely compensated for its greater size, compared
- to the binary file.
-
- Potentially useful if you can't guarantee a transparent path end-to-end.
-
- Then again, it was't a particularly thorough experiment.
-
- Andy Fyfe andy@cs.caltech.edu
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