Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 10:53:54 -0400 From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Async utilization..... Message-ID: <199510241453.KAA13636@etinc.com>
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>>> I really can't believe you guys are bragging about the widespread >>> utilization of >>> souped-up async. You still don't get the fact that you're losing several >>> hundred dollars >>> worth of machine (which brings the cost in-line with sync) to save a few >>> hundred on >>> cards for a less-efficient solution. > >How much less efficient? For logins, even a local ethernet is only a few >times more efficient than 115200 bps async through a 16450. This is >mostly because the pty implementation is poor. Your numbers, like unix utilization and timing numbers, are garbage. Set up a controlled test where you know the answer and the numbers won't be close. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25
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