Re: apple IIGS

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) wrote:

>In article supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) writes...
>
>>spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) wrote:
>>
>>>>2.  Another question what kind of modems can the GS handle.  (i.e. what
>>>>is the fastest)
>>>
>>>    The built-in serial port handles up to 57600, which is perfect
>>>for 14.4K modems. It is possible to use 28.8K modems and faster,
>>>but you can't take full advantage of their data compression (you'd
>>>want to set your port speed to 115200 to get optimal performance
>>>out of a 28.8K or 33.6K modem for example, and the GS cannot).
>>
>>The problem with looking at it this way is that only text
>>files are going to get those sorts of mega compressions.
>>For compressed files, 33.6k is hardly a waste and you
>>hardly need a 115200 port.  No and in fact your transfer
>>speed will go around the 33.6k.  Compression does not
>>help compressed files.
>
>    Where did I say 33.6K was a waste? I simply stated the fact that
>you cannot take full advantage of its data compression with the IIgs
>port speed limit. The keys words here are "partial" and "full".
>
>>Compression does not help compressed files.
>
>    That is true of ZIP files which are compressed to the fullest,
>but what about SHK files that can still be compressed much further
>than they already are (try ZIP compressing a SHK file and notice
>how much smaller it gets).

Yup, the SHK files can be compressed further.

However, how SMART is the error compression in modems?