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- From: darkstar@pecan.cns.udel.edu (The Janitor Of Anarchy)
- Subject: Re: *** WHAT'S THE BEST COMM PROTOCOL {LONG SUMMARY} ***
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.061927.14544@udel.edu>
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- Summary: $$$$$
- Sender: Jerry Alexandratos
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- Organization: The Green Circle Of Vengence
- References: <Bzoxrw.GM5@demon.co.uk> <g7X8VB14w165w@zswamp.UUCP>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 06:19:27 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- In article <g7X8VB14w165w@zswamp.UUCP> geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh) writes:
- >gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal) writes:
- >
- >> Your summary missed a less obvious one but one that clearly wins as 'best'
- >> on all criteria except perhaps raw download speed and availability:
- >> tcp/ip - over either slip or ppp - can't be beaten by kermit, zmodem, or
- >> the rest. You can just do *so* much more with it...
- >
- > Yup, just about everything, except the one thing that the user probably
- >wants to do: download from a BBS.
- >
- > I'm willing to bet that IP also has a higher ease*cost constant for DOS
- >users (of which, unfortunately, I am still one). For instance, does anyone
- >know if there's some way to get IP to live under my DesqView and be accessible
- >from tasks running under DV? Sure, I could buy DV/X, which is (1) more
- >expensive than DV/386; (2) more memory hungry, which I can afford even less;
- >(3) TCP/IP-oriented (e.g. has anyone used DV/X with SLIP or PPP?)
- >
- [.sig deleted]
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- And don't forget the fact that for slip and ppp to be properly implemented
- you need special lines installed. Hell, if you're gonna go that far, why
- not just install ethernet to your house and ftp everywhere!
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- --Jerry
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