Roy, at 23:53 on Jul 16 1995, you wrote to Paul Edwards...

RM> I'm not 100% sure if I have it right, but this (and the next few)
RM> connect should be: &k2&m5s27=32, ie ARQ mode, V42 and LAPM disabled
RM> (so it should attempt only MNP), compression enabled (which means

That'll do fine Roy.  Either that, or &K0 to disable compression
completely.  The S27=32 is correct though, and forces an MNP4 connect (or,
with &M5 set, drops carrier instead, if MNP4 cannot be negotiated).

RM> it will probably attempt MNP5 compression - isn't this syupposed to
RM> be slightly less efficient than V42bis on precompressed files?)

On uncompressible files (as distinct from precompressed, some of which can
actually be compressed further), V.42bis adds less than a 1% penalty to cps
rates, while MNP5 can impact quite highly, as much as 10% or more.  The
main reason for this is that BTLZ "disables" itsself if it isn't
required, and only checks occasionally to see if further compression is
possible, while MNP5 continually tries to compress everything, regardless.

... 22/2 (I'm complaining BTW, not gloating)

Regards, Bill
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