Re: 57700 throughput on 19200 serial port?

[fmlin@netcom.com (Frank M. Lin)]

In article <32qfhg$gvo@hermes.louisville.edu>,
Thomas Dorris <twdorr01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu> wrote:
>Here's a very basic question that will really illustrate my ignorance
>about the modem port (modems have always been things that just worked for
>me, never asked alot of questions about 'em).  I have setup the modem
>port under the control panel to 19.2K baud (the maximum setting)... With this
>in mind, is it still possible for a GS to ever see the threoretical 57.7K
>throughput these 14.4K modems with MNP 5 compression claim to deliver on
>uncompressed data?

14.4k modems almost never reach 57.6k theoretcal limit.  19.2k will be
fine.  If you transfer a lot of test, you might want to set the port to
38.4k.

Few telecom programs lets you select 38.4k or even 57.6k.  Avaliable ones
inlcudes ProTERM 3.x, Spectrum (and probably others), other beta/alpha
programs includes TelCom II, Chat.

>Just curious.  14.4K is so much faster than the 2400 that I've grown used
>to that I don't particularly care right now, but I foresee a day when 14.4K 
>will seem slow... ;).

Of course.  ISDN is just around the cornder.  It is available in many parts
of California already, but still kinda expansive right now.  You can read
all about it with Pacific Bell's gopher gw.pacbell.com.


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Frank M. Lin
fmlin@netcom.com