Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!rutgers!cmcl2!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Transfer protocols Message-ID: <8559@smoke.ARPA> Date: 22 Sep 88 00:30:09 GMT References: <8809210141.AA02974@crash.cts.com> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 18 In article <8809210141.AA02974@crash.cts.com> pnet01!pro-sol!pro-newfrontier!pro-freedom!mmcnew@nosc.mil writes: -Gynn@smoke writes: "I see no Gynn here." ->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.