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

[Peter da Silva]

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.
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