Re: ProTerm 32k download

[handel@lars.acc.stolaf.edu (Peter F Handel)]

In article <37v8cs$795@cleese.apana.org.au> knoonan@cleese.apana.org.au (Kevin Noonan) writes:
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>Folks
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>Anyone know how I can change the way ProTErm saves files when I am
>downloading.  At the moment ProTerm saves every 32k.  I cannot find
>anything in the manual about d/l file saving buffer size.
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>Anyone got any suggestions?

In one of your <apple> macros, put in a SEt $L=1 for streaming (ie.
ProTERM will write every block received to disk).  I've done lotsa
testing, and have stuck with a 25k buffer.  I downloaded the same
file 40 times onto a RAM disk and made a table of the results.
My GS is currently out of comission, tho, so I can't post it.  I
posted it a few weeks ago; if anyone still has it, post! :)

So in general, execute a SEt $L=x, where x is the number of bytes
to receive before writing to disk.

If you set it to 0, it will go to the defalut (32k).  Be sure that
x is a multiple of 1024, or else your transfers will _really_ slow.

So where do you put SEt $L=x?  You can put it in the same place
where your auto-logon macros are stored, but you'd have to hit
<apple> (number) every time you start ProTERM.  The answer here is
to go into the file PT3.Global and look for a comment that says
"This macro is executed every time ProTERM is started".  Put it
there!

Experiment with x, it depends on your modem/HW or SW handshaking/
disk speed/cpu/etc.  Around 25k works best for _my_ GS (10Mz/16k,
HWHS Sportster 14.4k, onto /RAM5).

>Thanks
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>Kevin Noonan
>knoonan@cleese.apana.org.au
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>Todays quote:
>Death is nature's way of recycling human beings
>-- 

Zelix "ProTERM v3.1 Rules!" Handel
handel@stolaf.edu