Re: Mac->IIgs AppleTalk [not on topic]

["D.A.Kopf" <dak@dakx.com>]

Pim Blokland wrote:
> 
> In article <3867cf79.20200410@news.pipeline.com>, wessd@pipeline.com wrote:
> 
> > btw, why does a file download quicker on my pm6116 with 40 meg of ram
> > than my pentium 266 with 128meg?
> > same modem, same phoneline,same file?

Are you *sure* it's the same file? Some servers uuencode or binhex on the fly,
if required by obsolete clients ;-)

> 
> Different time of day? At different times, the server has to divide its
> bandwidth over a different number of users.
> But tell me, I'm curious. Why download the same file twice?

Downloading an .exe through a mac to a pc sometimes doesn't work. Anybody know why?