uucp and other unix stuff on a pc

[wolf paul]

In article <13111 at netcom.UUCP> ergo at netcom.uucp writes:
)interaction over a 200 cps modem connection (typically several seconds
 ...
)Why should a Unix system assume my system can only do one thing at a
)time?  Right now, I read news by browsing a list of messages, *one*
)screen at a time, picking the ones I want to see, whereupon the
)newsreader (nn in my case) sends them two me, *one* screen at a time.
)What the host system should do is send my sytem at *computer* speeds,
)not human speeds.  While I'm reading the information in one screen,
)the two systems, instead of twiddling their thumbs, are "pipelining"
)the other information I'll probably want to see.
)
)This requires:  clever new transmission protocols; clever new
)application design; multitasking -- but all of it's *quite* feasible
)if anybody's got the skill (no problem there) and imagination
)(well...)

Ah, but if it's slow READING news over a 200 cps modem connection,
how slow do you think if would be if a fast file transfer took
place over the same modem connection while you were reading the next
article or even just header?
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