Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!pyrdc!pyrnj!romain
From: romain@pyrnj.uucp (Romain Kang)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: interactive Trailblazers
Message-ID: <958@pyrnj.uucp>
Date: 9 May 88 14:32:44 GMT
References: <10273@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <10277@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <1988May8.000738.16103@utzoo.uucp> <3749@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: romain@pyrnj.UUCP (Romain Kang)
Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp, Woodbridge, NJ
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My empirical observation is that the 4.00 firmware makes a difference
for interactive use when the instantaneous transmit/receive rates are
above about 15000 bps.  Below that, it seems to be about as mushy the
same as the old TB.  (I live 25 miles from my office and use a company
Sprint account to dial up to pyrnj; I typically get about 12000/12000.
Maybe I should try moving to Chile...)

Even locally with 18031/18031, though, the TB+ has a different feel --
I think the packetization makes the screen updates slightly jerkier.
I imagine there's the same sort of difference between seeing one film
at 15 frames per second and another at 33 fps.