Amiga 3000UX, X, OpenLook, Motif, Color, A2410, Etc. (somewhat long)

[Matthew Dillon]

In article <9K5AC+2 at xds13.ferranti.com> peter at ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <1991Mar20.211652.3247 at kessner.denver.co.us> david at kessner.denver.co.us (David D. Kessner) writes:
>> Keep in mind that 38400 baud is a realistic rate on a UNIX system-- where
>> high speed modems are the norm.  Todays 9600 baud modems have V.42bis that
>> can do 4:1 compression on text-- requiring that you lock the modem's baud rate
>> at 38400 baud...  Then you throw V.42bis with V.32bis and you have a bigger
>> nightmare...
>
>I don't get it. Why put compression on the modem, when the UNIX box can do
>a better job at it (after all, it's got the whle file to examine), and put
>all this interrupt handling on the UNIX box when the modem is better at it?
>Doesn't make sense to me.
>--
>Peter da Silva.  `-_-'  peter at ferranti.com
>+1 713 274 5180.  'U`  "Have you hugged your wolf today?"

    You are quite right, UNIX already compresses news, for example, and
    the big problem with UUCP right now is the fact that it handshakes
    each file (at a minimum), meaning that lots-o-little files (email)
    take a while whether you use compression or not.

					-Matt
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