Re: FASTLINK (tm) "10,000 bps or faster" modem

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From: telecom
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1985 04:12

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> As stated in previous follow-up, they don't intend it for use as an
> interactive modem, but chiefly for bulk-transfer applications.  Seems
> to me some of the high-volume net sites ought to look into these beasties.

uucp "g" protocol wouldn't work too well, since the packets are 64
bytes apiece.  I remember a few horror stories about the uucp in 2.9
bsd: there is a one second-per-packet sleep in the 2.9 uucp code that
everyone comments out.  The packet timeout on Fastlink would have a
similar effect.  Just think of telling your boss that your $2000
modems are putting out 22 bytes per second...

However, pyramid!csg has pointed out that one could use a different
protocol; also, 'g' is supposed to support 4096-byte packets, though
I've never heard of anyone actually using packets larger than 64
bytes.

Then again, maybe this is our big chance to break away from uucp
altogether...
-- 

Romain Kang, Pyramid Technology Corporation

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Subject: Re: FASTLINK (tm) "10,000 bps or faster" modem
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Date: Tue, 19-Nov-85 23:12:58 EST
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