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From: Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Subject: Re: Clists limited to 1024 bytes?
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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