Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!grr
From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: interactive Trailblazers
Message-ID: <3749@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 8 May 88 04:11:33 GMT
References: <10273@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <10277@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <1988May8.000738.16103@utzoo.uucp>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <1988May8.000738.16103@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
> > As one of the Trailblazer supporters, frankly, for reading news remotely
> > I think I'd prefer the Courier HST - for most interactive applications,
> > the Trailblazer is great, but for things like rn and vi where a single
> > character is supposed to promote action, the packet delay is noticable
> > and irritating...
> 
> Are your Trailblazers running rev-4.00 firmware?  The upgrade from rev 3
> to rev 4 makes a *spectacular* difference in interactive response.  Before
> we upgraded, I'd have been tempted to agree with you.  Not now.

Yep, running 4.0 roms.  I don't want to think about what the earlier
verisons were like.  Probably like accessing BIX via Tymenet.  8-(

My version of the "Turing test" for high speed modems is whether you do
the same sort of things while dialed up over the modem as when you're
directly connected, or whether you put things off until you get back to
work/whatever.  Admittedly, I read a lot more news with the Trailblazer
than with my olde 1200 baud modem, but the "feel" still falls somewhat
short of a direct connection.  Maybe what I really need to do is figure
out a way to get one of these nice office style swivel chairs home...
strapped to the back of my bicycle, no less...  8-)

-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {uunet|ihnp4|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@uunet.uu.net
Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)