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echo: aust_modem
to: John Piper
from: Ian Smith
date: 1996-11-09 07:40:36
subject: Courier to M34F

> Tonight Ludi Desouza and I conducted some tests in order to
 > achieve a 33600 connection between our modems. We did not
 > manage to do so, but here are the stats originating from the
 > call (I called his modem):

[..]

 > Chars sent                 2560      Chars Received             1536
 > Chars lost                    0
 > Octets sent                4516      Octets Received            4392
 > Blocks sent                2129      Blocks Received            1547
 > Blocks resent                 2
 > Retrains Requested            3      Retrains Granted              4

Urgh.  4 retrains for 6K of data?  And why are you getting so many blocks
of 2 or three characters?

 > Line Reversals                0      Blers                       185
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Blergh!

 > In all honesty, I don't know what half of these figures
 > indicate, one way or another. If anyone can offer any advice
 > on how to manage a 33.6k connect, I'd appreciate it.

Get your line (or Ludi's) seen to, looks like.

Ian

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