Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!ucbvax!pro-freedom.cts.COM!mmcnew From: mmcnew@pro-freedom.cts.COM (Monty McNew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Streaming Protocols Message-ID: <8809251636.AA04554@crash.cts.com> Date: 24 Sep 88 18:56:55 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: pnet01!pro-sol!pro-newfrontier!pro-freedom!mmcnew@nosc.mil Organization: The Internet Lines: 44 >-Gynn@smoke writes: >>"I see no Gynn here." Sorry about that. Sheepish hang of head. >>>->At normal modem speeds such as 2400 bps, there is so little gain >>>->in switching to a streaming protocol as to make it a waste of time >>>->to implement. Do the calculations.. >>Or, just watch the lights on your modem. >-"Out tests show that XMODEM 1k and YMODEM downloads are about 5-10% faster >-than standard XMODEM." >>That's about right. >>However, it has NOTHING to do with so-called "streaming" protocols, >>which was the topic of discussion. Sheesh. I guess what I have been made to understand what a streaming protocol is, is incorrect. Please explain. (you can leave the 'sheesh' out if you'd like). You will note in my original message something to the effect that I was not talking about Y-MODEM G and if it's the only available 'streaming' protocol and it is no faster than plain old XMODEM, then so be it. I apologize. On an almost related note (since I don't know what a 'streaming' protocol is) I had the opportunity to do a 1k XMODEM d/l via PC pursuit on a system that told me how long a transfer would take before it started. Using plain old XMODEM (system informed me it would be a 13 minute transfer) it was a little over 26 minutes. A little more than twice as long as it was supposed to take. Using 1k XMODEM (another file also tagged as a 13 minute transfer time) it was just over 14 minutes. A significant increase in speed and far higher than my earlier 'estimation'. Flame suit is NOT on, please keep the heat turned down in here because my air conditioner is broken. crash!pro-freedom!mmcnew ARPA: crash!pro-freedom!mmcnew@nosc.mil INET: mmcnew@pro-freedom.cts.com SLBM: 45 37 N / 122 36 W