Re: ADTPro beta - protocol change

["schmidtd" <schmidtd@my-deja.com>]

On Apr 10, 7:08 am, "Steven N. Hirsch" <shir...@adelphia.net> wrote:
> schmidtd wrote:
> > Glenn Jones and I have talked about a similar change where the server
> > blasts a buffer-full of blocks, then the client sends back a bitmap of
> > blocks it still needs to complete the buffer.
>
> This is basically how the TCP 'SACK' mechanism works, if I understand your
> proposal.
Yes, you're right - RFCs 1072 and 2018.  My concern is that it
introduces a lot of complexity, and may represent a code fork between
serial and ethernet.

Something I'm more interested in right now is seeing Deckard's fast-
read code for floppies (http://boutillon.free.fr/Underground/Docs/
Fastdsk/Fastdsk_en.html).  Reading can be pretty slow compared to
transmission time.  One bottleneck at a time...