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Article #6850Re: PIPEing from ser:
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 1990 13:25
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 1990 13:25
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In article <ben.3504@epmooch.UUCP> ben@epmooch.UUCP (Rev. Ben A. Mesander) writes: > Really? Try downloading a file into a directory on a fragmented Amiga > floppy with a few hundred small files in it. Watch the terminal program > lose characters. Watch jrcomm die. The terminal program can only hold to > a certain point, then buffers start to overrun. That's why there are such things as "handshaking" and "download protocols". There are lots of ways to tell the system at the other end "hey! I'm out of breath here. Give me a break!". -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: PIPEing from ser: Message-ID: <7092@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 20 Nov 90 13:25:55 GMT References: <6997@sugar.hackercorp.com> <1990Nov7.235254.13959@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu> <7025@sugar.hackercorp.com> <1990Nov12.101531.19828@agate.berkeley.edu> <1990Nov16.104712.20944@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au> <ben.3472@epmooch.UUCP> <7070@sugar.hackercorp.com> <ben.3504 Reply-To: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston Lines: 12