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From: dave@arnold.UUCP (Dave Arnold)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: 'g' packet size
Message-ID: <187@arnold.UUCP>
Date: 23 Sep 88 15:14:52 GMT
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(Jordan Brown) writes:
> I haven't decyphered it enough to figure out if this is a
> negotiated parameter...

There is no negotiation in g.  Each side tells the remote what it's
receiver is capable of, and the remote is supposed to comply.

In other words, you say, "Hey, send me 256 byte packets, and set
your transmit window to 7".  Keep your fingers crossed.  It seems
to work with System V.1 though.  But you see, no negotiation.

> uucps run exclusively at 64 bytes/packet?

Not, all, but I suspect most.  Remember, how big is your typeahead
buffer?  Let's see... 1024 * 7 windows = ... BIG.

> Does anybody reading this understand the guts of 'g'?

I'm getting there.

> Doesn't seem like this should go on comp.mail.*, but there aren't any
> other groups that look good.  (Besides, does anybody do anything else
> with uucp other than news and mail? :-)

I suggest we start up comp.protocols.uucp.
-- 
Dave Arnold
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