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- From: Sevo_Stille@f.maus.de (Sevo Stille)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: external vs internal on 14.4k
- Message-ID: <A18558@F.maus.de>
- Date: Sat, 07 Nov 92 13:03:00 GMT
- References: <A11374@HB.maus.de>
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- in <720897729snx@n5ial.chi.il.us> jim@n5ial.chi.il.us (Jim Graham) writes:
-
- j>In article <68779@cup.portal.com> PLai@cup.portal.com writes:
- >
- > Well I bought an external modem, 14.4k ... works fine but I am running
- > into a speed bottleneck on transfering large compressed files. First off
- > I learned to turn of v.42bis when transfering compressed files - slowed
- > things down by about 7%.
- j>
- j> sorry, but this is NOT TRUE. V.42bis, *UNLIKE MNP5*, does not degrade
- j>throughput when transferring pre-compressed data --- it simply transmits the
- j>original data.
-
- Well, other than MNP5, it introduces no overhead. But it could degrade
- throughput all the same, as it does increase latency (in some modems slightly,
- but in some devastatingly), which has a considerable impact on block-ack'ing
- protocols like Xmodem!
-
- j>still, Xmodem is far less efficient than Zmodem, but 922 cps is pitiful.
- j>with Xmodem, I'd probably expect more like 1500 cps (granted, I haven't used
- j>Xmodem at all for the last 4 or 5 years, so I could be guessing lower than
- j>it's capable of).
-
- 1000 cps is fast for Xmodem transmissions over V.32bis - many modems will not
- get beyond an effective rate of about 800 cps at 14400 bps.
-
- Block transfer protocols like old-style Kermit, Xmodem and Ymodem are hardly
- suitable for modems above 300 bps - the acknowledgement will frequently take up
- more time than the data transmission!
-
- bye Sevo
-