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Date:      Sat, 28 Jun 1997 00:14:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, bmcgover@cisco.com
Subject:   Re: Clists limited to 1024 bytes?
Message-ID:  <XFMail.970628001456.Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
In-Reply-To: <199706270741.RAA17175@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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Hi Bruce Evans;  On 27-Jun-97 you wrote: 

...

> You don't want to do this.  At 19200 bps, an 8K buffer takes more than
> 4 seconds to fill.  A latency of 4 seconds is normally about 400 times
> too large.  At such a low speed, there is normally nothing better than
> delivering input in tiny bursts of 19-20 characters every 10 msec.

Except with heavy PPP loads.  Right?

Simon



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