Satellite delays slow UUCP

[Lee M J McLoughlin]

Standardly uucp only has a window of 3 and a packet size  of 64  bytes
(it is compiled in under most versions).  I've tried transfering stuff
over networks which seem to match your description  and found the best
thing to do is to allow the window and packet size  to be specified in
the L.sys  file for each connection.  Unfortunetly  the remote machine
must also be told about any changes  in window/packet sizes before the
g-protocol is invoked.  So if you wanted to do this  you would have to
upgrade both ends.

You can then increase the ammount of data you are prepared  to send in
advance of an acknowledgement and so increase your throughput.

These fixes are built into UKUUCP (the UK standard uucp).

Okay let's hear the Honey DanBer crowd beat that :-)
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UKUUCP SUPPORT  Lee McLoughlin
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