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- From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Word of Advice
- Message-ID: <0+nncbj.wolfgang@netcom.com>
- Date: 5 Sep 92 04:43:01 GMT
- References: <1992Aug26.194848.14672@panix.com>
- Organization: Netcom
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- tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) writes:
- : Wrong. If the problem is something along the lines of cheap parts in the
- : analog side of the box or perhaps (which I believe explains the horrid 'ping'
- : latency test results of the Digicom Scout+, and probably applies to some of th
- : el-cheapo Rockwell chipset modems, as well) a tremendously underpowered
- : microcontroller as a CPU, 5 years of revisions to the EPROMS will do nothing
- : at all. There's a 68030 in my Telebit, so I'm quite happy (though I don't
- : really quite understand why _that_ much horsepower is needed to run the v.32b
-
- Wrong again. I investigated and decided that your unsubstantiated
- theory does not hold water.
-
- The Digicom 9624LE+ and the Scout+ use the same microcontroller, the
- LE+ has very low latency numbers in the 160 millisecond range. The
- code in the Scout+ is currently being reworked to reduce its latency.
- Asked specifically what outcome to expect, the answer was: "We expect
- about the same latencies in both modems."
-
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- Wolfgang Henke wolfgang@henke.sf-bay.org wolfgang@netcom.com
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