Xref: utzoo comp.dcom.modems:2548 comp.mail.uucp:2015 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ispi!jbayer From: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (id for use with uunet/usenet) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: UUCP g stats (really: "f" with MNP?) Summary: Use a trailblazer + Message-ID: <199@ispi.UUCP> Date: 29 Sep 88 13:27:17 GMT References: <183@arnold.UUCP> <1988Sep20.184054.2403@utzoo.uucp> <184@arnold.UUCP> <944@oswego.Oswego.EDU> Organization: Intelligent Software Products, Inc. Lines: 14 In article <944@oswego.Oswego.EDU>, ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff) writes: > I've been following this discussion and have a few dumb questions to ask... > > Since many of the new modems have MNP error checking/correction in > hardware/firmware, would it be possible to run UUCP without any packetizing > or error checking with MNP in "reliable" mode? If you are using a trailblazer + you don't have to bother. The trailblazer strips out the uucp stuff on the sending end, and puts it back in on the receiving end. (You do need a trailblazer on each end). This speeds up the throughput a lot. Jonathan Bayer Intelligent Software Products, Inc.