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echo: aust_modem
to: Geoff Whall
from: Garry Lawson
date: 1996-09-27 16:13:00
subject: Re: cps ???

-=> Quoting Geoff Whall to All <=-

 GW> Could someone tell me what i should divide my connect speed by to get
 GW> cps?
Usually divide by 10 equals CPS, reason being 8 bit transfer and 2 bit for
correction I think.
 GW> If I am connected at 28800 with v42bis compression and downloading
 GW> with  zmodem. What should I divide by?
Well compression is a tricky one especially with text files, a rough
estimate would be divide by 5 for text files, and divide by 10 for zipped
files(these can't be compressed).

Take care..

Garry Lawson

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