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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.
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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.