Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 16:35:15 -0800 From: Dan Yergeau <yergeau@gloworm.Stanford.EDU> To: Amancio Hasty <hasty@star-gate.com> Cc: hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: X11 protocol compressor. Message-ID: <199503230035.QAA05948@gloworm.Stanford.EDU> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Mar 1995 14:38:16 GMT." <199503221438.OAA01096@star-gate.com>
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Amancio Hasty writes: > >The program that you are thinking of is "term". Hunt around any linux >archive. I think that term only has generic compression. This is probably not optimal for X packets where a lot of the overhead is in the relatively big (nearly) duplicated headers. I tried term for running X applications over a V.32 modem link. The performance of an NCD X-terminal (with XRemote, which is approx equiv to LBX) was significantly better over the same link. If I could figure out how to "use" LBX, I'd give it a try. BTW, the fastest channel multiplexer I've found is layers (a unix client for MacLayers). It provides very low overhead multiple terminal sessions over a single link and file transfer (via zmodem), but no additional features like IP redirection or remote X connections. Editing over a 9600 bps link feels like a straight 9600 bps link, unlike term, which feels as bad as SLIP. File transfer nearly maxes out the available bandwidth. Of course, response does slow down a bit during file transfers. Dan
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