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geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh) writes:

> sjsobol@tiny.com (Steven J. Sobol) writes:
> 
> > Hi. I'm running Waffle 1.65 and I am getting 800-1000 cps with uucico, but
> > I think I can do better. I'm using a Boca 14.4 internal fax modem with
> > a 16450 UART. Any suggestions?
> 
>    Yeah: disable error correction.  Standard implementations of UUCP 'g' 
> protocol has a limited window (usually 3 packets at 64 bytes, sometimes 7 
> packets at 64 bytes), and the increased latency caused by error correction 
> holding back data until an entire packet is received and CRC-verified can 
> result in poor performance.

One thing I wouldn't mind knowing is why on other systems when I connect
at 14.4k/V.42BIS/LAP-M, file transfers of precompressed (ie.ZIP) go at
around 1700cps, yet the same connection (14.4k/V.42BIS/LAP-M) using
UUCICO.EXE results in an average of 600cps.  Error correction is not
having any (or very little) effect on tranfers under a normal terminal
program.  Why should they be so greatly affected under UUCICO.EXE.

>    There is also an alternative to Waffle's uucico available.  The authors 
> claim that it is faster and supports more efficient protocols; I found some 
> problems with using it inside a DesqView window (no, I don't run a multiline 
> BBS, I just want uucico to run in the background) thanks to COM port 
> allocation arbitration; returning to 'standard' uucico and a FOSSIL driver 
> (installed before DV) made the problems go away.

Where is this UUCICO 'alternative' avaible?  I would really like to check
this out and see if it clears up (or at least improves) my low cps rate.

> ---  
>   Geoffrey Welsh, 7 Strath Humber Court, Islington, Ontario, M9A 4C8 Canada
> geoff@zswamp.uucp, [xenitec.on.ca|m2xenix.psg.com]!zswamp!geoff (416)258-8467
>             Mathematics is the Mechano set with which we build our
>        understanding of the Universe.  Unfortunately, I preferred Lego.

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