[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Mac/IBM text compression

roy@cybrspc (Roy M. Silvernail) (06/15/90)

In message <30796@cup.portal.com>, david_islander_hughes@cup.portal.com
writes:

> Arc, zoo, etc. are good, but to really compress times use an MNP 5
> or above modem..... and 9600 baud really helps, too

MNP compression will yield the best results on uncompressed data. In
fact, sending compressed data over an MNP 5 link may actually slow the
transmission down!

But you're right... 9600 bps will surely liven things up! :-)

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