Subj : binkley xe
To : Robert Bull
From : Roy J. Tellason
Date : Mon Dec 30 2002 08:10 pm
Robert Bull wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:
RB> Hello, Roy;
RB> 23 Dec 02 04:06, Roy J. Tellason wrote to Robert Bull:
RT> I could probably count the number of times that people have connected
RT> with such a bidirectional protocol without running out of fingers...
RB> My Binkley is set to offer bidirectional protocols as standard,
Mine's got stuff in there too about them, not sure what you mean by "as
standard" -- default? I could post the lines from my config if you're
interested.
RB> BiDiBaud 2400 ; BiDi default max
RB> speed BiDiOK /Arq/V ; BiDi ok any
RB> Arq except HST ProtocolPreference HYD,JAN,ZAP,ZMO
RB> and that's what I get;
RB> : 29 Dec 19:26:01.74 BINK Session method: xHydra
RB> * 29 Dec 19:26:01.29 BINK HCON: * Remote has chat facility (bell
RB> enabled) * 29 Dec 19:26:02.95 BINK HMSGDEV: Remote has 153590 bytes
RB> for us
RB> Of course, given that I'm a point, it's usually very unbalanced and
RB> there's no great improvement in efficiency.
Same here.
RB> OTOH there's no significant penalty either, so on the odd occasion
RB> when I upload something, there's a gain.
I don't think there is an occasion when I don't have outgoing. <g>
RB> It used to be more valuable when I uploaded more, but of course
RB> these days everybody tends to get things off the Internet.
Not here yet. Though I suppose that it's probably gonna get there eventually.
