On 04-29-96 Randall Lane wrote to Russell Brooks... 
 
 RL>  RB> same conditions. I will bring Randall Lane as a witness. We are 
 RL> not 
 RL> 
 RL> Why me?? 'Cos I find it hard to believe too?? As I've said to you, 
 RL> I've 
 RL> had over 4000cps here but not average for the full file. I'm always a 
 RL> bit skeptical when anyone achieves over 117% in the throughput of a 
 RL> large "highly" compressed file with z modem. Doesn't mean that you 
 RL> couldn't get 119%+ tho', just that I've never seen it. That would mean 
 RL> that with a v32bis 14400 connect with the same file you would be 
 RL> getting 
 RL> ~1715cps. I've also never seen this with z modem. Call me skeptical, 
 RL> call me doubtful, and therefore you could call me an excellent 
 RL> unbiased 
 RL> witness to the world. I'll even bring Guinness (the book, not the 
 RL> beer.) 
 
Actually on the dearly departed Proteus BBS 1710-1720 cps with my little 
14400 was not uncommon.  I think it depends on the software doing the 
measuring as well as the timing of the download - different BBS' register 
differently.  The only accurate was is with a stop watch. 
 
David Drummond's BBS is the only other BBS that I've even come remotely 
close to a 1700 transfer. 
 
Mike 
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