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From: pvw@americast.com (Phil Wintering)
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Organization: American CyberCasting
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 14:19:16 GMT

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Newsgroups: biz.americast,biz.misc
From: pvw@americast.com (Phil Wintering)
Subject: Investor's Business Daily
Organization: American CyberCasting
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:06:35 GMT

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Subject: The Washington Post
Organization: American CyberCasting
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 13:54:37 GMT

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Newsgroups: biz.dec
From: nhuang@cs.ulowell.edu (BuBuBuBill. Bat Man? no, i am one of the x-men)
Newsgroups: biz.comp.software
Subject: Anybody know TOPAS?
Date: 6 Nov 92 21:28:04 GMT
Organization: X-MEN STUDIO

hi folks, is anybody heard about TOPAS software? where can i find the dealer
to get this software? many thanks!

							-bill
From: alsu@ocf.berkeley.edu (Alan Su)
Newsgroups: biz.comp.software
Subject: For Sale:  5th Generation Disk Lock
Date: 12 Nov 1992 08:40:06 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: headcrash.berkeley.edu


I have a copy of Disk Lock from 5th Generation (the makers of FastBack, as
they refer to themselves...).  Anyway, I don't need it since the new computer
I got has a BIOS password.  I've heard it's a decent protection for your hard
drive, but I can't attest to it personally.  The version I have says it
supports DOS versions 2.1 to 4.01, but I called them and found out that if
you call them, they'll send you a DOS 5 and Windoze 3.x version at no cost.
The package is unregistered, but not shrink-wrapped (the diskette envelope
is intact though).  If anyone wants this, let me know.  I'm hoping for
around $20 + shipping.  Thanks

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From: jornaa@fdh.hsf.no (Joern Aasland)
Newsgroups: biz.comp.software
Subject: Help!
Date: 12 Nov 92 17:12:52 GMT
Reply-To: jornaa@fdh.hsf.no
Organization: Finnmark College

Hello!

Is there anybody out there, who knows ftp adress(where to find) or have "screen funn"
programs???? It's programs like :
   - Termites hwo eat your screen.
   - The screen seams like it's melting.
   - Div.

If yoy can help me please send me a message.

Thanks: Joern.

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Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit,comp.dcom.modems,uunet.forum
From: medberry@teal.csn.org (Michael G. Medberry)
Subject: Re: best possible speed using v32 to uunet through compuserve
Organization: M G Medberry
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 16:41:30 GMT

In article <1992Nov7.144235.3795@areyes.com> deano@areyes.areyes.com (Dean Carpenter) writes:
>In article <overlord.0g9i@megalith.miami.fl.us> overlord@megalith.miami.fl.us (Carlos Amezaga [Postmaster]) writes:
>>
>>	If anyone Uses a Long Distance company that is as cheap as
>>using compuserve lines please let me know.  It be great to directly
>>connect to UUNET instead of using compuserve lines.  Compuserve
>>line rates go for $5.60 an hour.  Anything close to that would be
>>great. Anything from $8.00 to $10.00 would be great.  Take care..
>
>  Hummm.  I'm using the ATT ReachOut America plan - they have a couple of
>different versions of it.  Mine is $7.80 per month, and $6.60 per hour
>for night rates, with the first hour free.  So 10 hours a month comes out
>to $5.94 per hour.  I call from CT.
>
>-- 
>Dean Carpenter		uunet!areyes!deano		(203) 847-6003
>Areyes, Inc.		deano@areyes.com
>
>"No matter where you go, there you are"  sayeth Buckaroo 								 across the Eighth Dimension

There are a number of local access nets that allow you to connect to the
internet and news without having to go long distance.  For example Colorado
has csn, Colorado SuperNet, Alberta has the Alberta Research Council,
and the University of Denver offers a similar service.  Most unviersities
have some sort of acommondation for internet access.  I am currently paying
$2.00/hr through csn.

If that doesn't work, Sprint has a service call telenet that may be cheaper,
it has been a few years since I've had any need of it.  Yes, telenet is spelled
correctly.  

Xref: sparky biz.comp.telebit:1009 comp.dcom.modems:16415 uunet.forum:264
From: overlord@megalith.miami.fl.us (Carlos Amezaga [Postmaster])
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit,comp.dcom.modems,uunet.forum
Subject: Re: best possible speed using v32 to uunet through compuserve
Followup-To: biz.comp.telebit,comp.dcom.modems,uunet.forum
Keywords: 
Distribution: world
Date: 4 Nov 92 23:46:55 EST
Organization: Megalith Mail & News Server

Quoted from <1d8fipINNhl1@symbi1.symbiosis.ahp.com> by aem@symbiosis.ahp.com (a.e.mossberg):
> We haven't been able to get better than about 335 cps connecting at
> v32 through compuserve's local number to uunet. We're using a
> Worldblazer, and I have s50=6 and we're using the uucp-f protocol
> (running on HP-UX, we can't tweak the packet size for uucp-g)
> 
> Any hints for getting a little better speeds? Would switching to uucp-g
> and enabling spoofing give us better than straight uucp-f?
> 
> aem
> -- 
> andrew mossberg           systems specialist           symbiosis corporation
> (305) 597-4110            fax (305) 597-4002           miami, florida 33166-6202
> aem@symbiosis.ahp.com     uunet!symbi1!aem             SPAN: UMIGW::AEM


Howdy Andrew,

	Remember me? Well maybe not.  I helped set up Starlight BBS
which obtained a feed from MTHVAX before your departure.  I now
have my own system as well which also feeds off of UUNET.  I
connect to UUNET using Compuserve lines.  I use the 'g' protocol
and I set the window size to 7 and segment size to 512.  I have no
trouble receiving news or mail.  I do have trouble sending Mail or
news that is over 10K in size sometimes.  I get better throughput
by direct connection to UUNET over long distance lines. On
Compuserve I get somewhere between 600-800CPS.  The Max throughput
anyone can get on compuserve is 920CPS so 600-800CPS isn't bad.
This is with a SupraFax modem connecting at 9600 Baud with V.42BIS.
With a direct connection I get anywhere from 1000-1200CPS. This
is with a 9600 Baud.

	If anyone Uses a Long Distance company that is as cheap as
using compuserve lines please let me know.  It be great to directly
connect to UUNET instead of using compuserve lines.  Compuserve
line rates go for $5.60 an hour.  Anything close to that would be
great. Anything from $8.00 to $10.00 would be great.  Take care..

Carlos
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Xref: sparky biz.comp.telebit:1020 comp.dcom.modems:16705 uunet.forum:273
From: max@underg.ucf.org (Max Cray)
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit,comp.dcom.modems,uunet.forum
Subject: Re: best possible speed using v32 to uunet through compuserve
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 13:05:25 CST
Organization: Underground Computing Foundation

medberry@teal.csn.org (Michael G. Medberry) writes:

> There are a number of local access nets that allow you to connect to the
> internet and news without having to go long distance.  For example Colorado
> has csn, Colorado SuperNet, Alberta has the Alberta Research Council,
> and the University of Denver offers a similar service.  Most unviersities
> have some sort of acommondation for internet access.  I am currently paying
> $2.00/hr through csn.

A local call no doubt. Not everyone has this luxury yet.
 
> If that doesn't work, Sprint has a service call telenet that may be cheaper,
> it has been a few years since I've had any need of it.  Yes, telenet is spell
> correctly.  

Big disadvanatage of this is that it is primarily 2400 bps I beleive.

                                          -= Max =-

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From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
Subject: Netblazer info wanted
Date: 10 Nov 92 18:51:14 GMT
Reply-To: davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
Followup-To: poster
Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center, Schenectady NY

If you have experience using a netblazer, please let me know. We are
interested in using one as an alternative to a SL/IP or PPP network.

Please reply by mail, I'll summarize in a week or so.

-- 
bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
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Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit,comp.dcom.modems,uunet.forum
From: ziegast@godzilla.UU.NET (Eric W. Ziegast)
Subject: Re: best possible speed using v32 to uunet through compuserve
Organization: UUNET Technologies - Falls Church, VA
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 20:19:10 GMT
Distribution: na

The 'f' protocol is adequte for those people who have:

	- A reliable connection (V.42, little line noise).
	- Hardware flow control.
	- A mail-only feed.

The  'f' protocol bursts a file through the virtual circuit and only looks
at a checksum ack after the file is transmitted.  If the checksum isn't
matched, the _entire_ file is retransmitted.  If your serial port loses
characters (due to lack of flow control) or is there are errors during
transmission (due to line noise), the protocol cannot recover mid-file
like a packetized protocol can.

If you get a compressed newsfeed or download 8-bit files (perhaps compressed),
your data is going to expand by a factor of 1.625 (theoretical).  The V.42bis
compression might make up for it, but it will still bottleneck the X.25 cir-
cuits between uunet and the Compuserve POP.

gsm@mendelson.com:
> I am using SVr4 on a 386/33 with ACL (Stargate) serial cards and taylor
> uucp. The modem is a Zoom v32 turbo operating in v.32 mode with
> LAPM. I am using the F protocol. The modem to cpu speed is 19.2bps.

As I explained in uunet.forum, anyone with Taylor or any UUCP with config-
urable 'g' window/segment sizes (when not using PEP), should be using
g(7,512).  We support the variable-sized packets that Taylor and others
support.  They should send mail to uunet!postmaster so that I can configure
things properly so that we both do g(7,512).  I see a couple Taylor g(7,512)
sites frequently getting over 900cps via Compuserve (even news).

People who use some form of ECC under a low-segment-size 'g' protocol
session are likely to have 50-70% of their modem's rated speed (from my
observations).

aem@symbiosis.ahp.com:
>We haven't been able to get better than about 335 cps connecting at
>v32 through compuserve's local number to uunet. We're using a
>Worldblazer, and I have s50=6 and we're using the uucp-f protocol
>(running on HP-UX, we can't tweak the packet size for uucp-g)

Anyone with PEP or a WB would get more bang for the buck calling us
directly (703 or 800 number).  The Compuserve lines are meant more
for a low-cost alternative to our direct lines.  People with non-PEP
modems may find that it is more economical calling via Compuserve than
calling us directly.
--
Eric Ziegast
UUNET Postmaster
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
From: stevenf@psg.com (Steven Frazier)
Subject: NetBlazer Distributor(s)
Organization: Pacific Systems Group, Portland Oregon US
Distribution: biz
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 22:13:02 GMT

If you are a distributor or vendor for Netblazer, please send me your
best pricelist.

Thanks.


Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit,comp.dcom.modems,uunet.forum
From: deano@areyes.com (Dean Carpenter)
Subject: Re: best possible speed using v32 to uunet through compuserve
Reply-To: deano@areyes.areyes.com (Dean Carpenter)
Organization: Areyes, Inc.
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 14:42:35 GMT

In article <overlord.0g9i@megalith.miami.fl.us> overlord@megalith.miami.fl.us (Carlos Amezaga [Postmaster]) writes:
>
>	If anyone Uses a Long Distance company that is as cheap as
>using compuserve lines please let me know.  It be great to directly
>connect to UUNET instead of using compuserve lines.  Compuserve
>line rates go for $5.60 an hour.  Anything close to that would be
>great. Anything from $8.00 to $10.00 would be great.  Take care..

  Hummm.  I'm using the ATT ReachOut America plan - they have a couple of
different versions of it.  Mine is $7.80 per month, and $6.60 per hour
for night rates, with the first hour free.  So 10 hours a month comes out
to $5.94 per hour.  I call from CT.

-- 
Dean Carpenter		uunet!areyes!deano		(203) 847-6003
Areyes, Inc.		deano@areyes.com

"No matter where you go, there you are"  sayeth Buckaroo 								 across the Eighth Dimension
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit,comp.dcom.modems,uunet.forum
From: gsm@gsm001.mendelson.com (Geoffrey S. Mendelson)
Subject: Re: best possible speed using v32 to uunet through compuserve
Organization: Mendelson.com
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 01:33:44 GMT

In article <1d8fipINNhl1@symbi1.symbiosis.ahp.com> aem@symbiosis.ahp.com writes:
>We haven't been able to get better than about 335 cps connecting at
>v32 through compuserve's local number to uunet. We're using a
>Worldblazer, and I have s50=6 and we're using the uucp-f protocol
>(running on HP-UX, we can't tweak the packet size for uucp-g)
>
>Any hints for getting a little better speeds? Would switching to uucp-g
>and enabling spoofing give us better than straight uucp-f?
>


As you can see, I am getting a bit better. These are the logs from a program
I use to keep statistics. Files less than 1000 bytes are not included in the 
average.

uunet Sun Oct 25 23:23:00 EST 1992 47 transmissions        395 Kbytes    556.426 average
uunet Tue Oct 27 00:23:00 EST 1992 38 transmissions        418 Kbytes    544.974 average
uunet Wed Oct 28 00:23:00 EST 1992 68 transmissions        962 Kbytes    554.956 average
uunet Thu Oct 29 00:23:00 EST 1992 63 transmissions        866 Kbytes    552.778 average
uunet Sat Oct 31 00:23:01 EST 1992 53 transmissions        689 Kbytes    527.189 average
uunet Sun Nov  1 00:23:00 EST 1992 54 transmissions        417 Kbytes    535.056 average
uunet Mon Nov  2 00:23:00 EST 1992 44 transmissions        389 Kbytes    540.477 average
uunet Wed Nov  4 00:23:00 EST 1992 59 transmissions        709 Kbytes    484.339 average

I am using SVr4 on a 386/33 with ACL (Stargate) serial cards and taylor
uucp. The modem is a Zoom v32 turbo operating in v.32 mode with
LAPM. I am using the F protocol. The modem to cpu speed is 19.2bps.

Note that the file sizes are data bytes received not, "protocol" bytes
received. F protocol will add an extra byte for every non printable character
it transmits. So for a text file I can get almost 900 bps.

Using the G protocol I got an average of 250 bps (window size 3), and
350 bps (window size 7). As far as I know compuserve does not support
spoofing.


Geoff.


N.b. these are daily averages. One day in Sept. uunet (or was it compuserve) was
only able to produce about 40bps throughput. Of course it was the day I was
trying to send 400k to a client that needed it right away. :-(
From: chrisb@lynx.ps.uci.edu (Chris Barrus)
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
Subject: A silly question on T3000 settings
Date: 10 Nov 92 18:38:40 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Physics, Univ. of California, Irvine


OK, I know that "RTFM" applies here, but I've been fighting with this thing
for awhile...

I just purchased a T3000 (no-PEP) and I would like to know what settings
people use with it.  I'm connecting OK at 14.4, but when I try to upload
anything, I timeout and hang within the first few kbytes transferred.
I'm using it on a MacIIsi running MicroPhone Pro and MacIntercomm.  Using
hardware handshaking (w/HH cable)

Thanks in advance,

Chris
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Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit,comp.dcom.modems,uunet.forum
From: Monty Solomon <monty%roscom@think.com>
Subject: Re: best possible speed using v32 to uunet through compuserve
Reply-To: Monty Solomon <roscom!monty@think.com>
Organization: Proponent
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 11:18:44 GMT

In article <1992Nov7.144235.3795@areyes.com> deano@areyes.com (Dean Carpenter)  
writes:
>   Hummm.  I'm using the ATT ReachOut America plan - they have a couple of
> different versions of it.  Mine is $7.80 per month, and $6.60 per hour
> for night rates, with the first hour free.  So 10 hours a month comes out
> to $5.94 per hour.  I call from CT.

AT&T also has the Any Hour Saver Program.  $10 per month covers the 60 most  
expensive minutes.  Additional minutes cost $0.20 during the day and $0.11 at  
any other time.

-- 
# Monty Solomon / PO Box 2486 / Framingham, MA  01701-0405
# monty%roscom@think.com
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
From: dennis@zonzorp.Canada.Sun.COM (Dennis Simpson plc guy for sun canada)
Subject: Re: telebit trailblazer
Reply-To: dennis@zonzorp.Canada.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 14:42:57 GMT

The following is what I get on compressed news batches, and my
worldblazer settings to achieve it on rural-quality phone lines.  The
worldblazers impress me with their ability to deliver on good lines.
The performance drops pretty fast on poor lines (check out the
partial files examples). This is between a SPARC10 and a SPARC2,
both running Solaris 2.1.

daddy!daemon M (10/30-18:57:23) (C,1152,6) [term/a] <- 30828 / 16.870 secs, 1827 bytes/sec 
daddy!daemon M (10/30-18:57:45) (C,1152,8) [term/a] <- 30825 / 16.870 secs, 1827 bytes/sec 
daddy!dennis M (11/2-9:38:50) (C,512,0) [term/a] -> 3719262 / 1831.340 secs, 2030 bytes/sec 
daddy!news M (11/7-22:58:19) (C,275,0) [term/a] -> 123904 / 159.590 secs, 776 bytes/sec PARTIAL FILE
daddy!news M (11/7-23:28:53) (C,254,0) [term/a] -> 478762 / 248.800 secs, 1924 bytes/sec 
daddy!news M (11/7-23:30:56) (C,254,2) [term/a] -> 234489 / 113.870 secs, 2059 bytes/sec 
daddy!news M (11/7-23:35:50) (C,254,4) [term/a] -> 589085 / 287.760 secs, 2047 bytes/sec 
daddy!news M (11/7-23:36:13) (C,254,6) [term/a] -> 35308 / 16.640 secs, 2121 bytes/sec 
daddy!news M (11/7-23:40:03) (C,254,8) [term/a] -> 456545 / 223.280 secs, 2044 bytes/sec 
daddy!news M (11/7-23:42:30) (C,254,10) [term/a] -> 288757 / 141.260 secs, 2044 bytes/sec 
daddy!news M (11/7-23:43:30) (C,254,12) [term/a] -> 110109 / 53.340 secs, 2064 bytes/sec 
daddy!news M (11/8-23:08:33) (C,476,0) [term/a] -> 119808 / 157.760 secs, 759 bytes/sec PARTIAL FILE
daddy!news M (11/9-8:48:55) (C,770,0) [term/a] -> 158237 / 76.930 secs, 2056 bytes/sec 
zonzorp# tip worldblazer
connected
at~v
WorldBlazer - SA - Version LA5.00W- Configuration A
 B1  E1  L2  M0  Q0  T   V1  X2  Y0 
&C1 &D3 &G0 &J0 &L0 &Q0 &R4 &S0 &T4 &X0 
S000:1   S001=0   S002=43  S003=13  S004=10  S005=8   S006=2   S007=40 
S008=2   S009=6   S010=14  S011=70  S012=50  S018=0   S025=5   S026=1  
S038=0   S041=0   S045=0   S046=0   S047=4   S048=0   S050=0   S051:5  
S056=17  S057=19  S058:2   S059:15  S060=0   S061:0   S062=15  S063:1  
S064=0   S068=255 S069=0   S090=0   S092=0   S093=8   S094=1   S100=0  
S104=0   S105=1   S111:30  S112=1   S151=4   S155=0   S180=2   S181=1  
S183=25  S190:0   S191:6   S253=10  
OK
~
[EOT]
zonzorp# grep tbwb /etc/uucp/Dialers
tbwb =W-, "" \dats111=30s50=0\r\c OK\r \Eatdt\T\r\c CONNECT

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