Re: A89: Me distributing roms.
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Re: A89: Me distributing roms.
The only thing you may not understand is that each link has overhead.
ie, a serial connection (like that which the modem uses) has 8 data
bits, 1 start bit and 1 stop bit. While you could fit it all together
perfectly, typically there is space between each 10 bits sent. so a
full byte takes a little longer than it takes to send 10 bits. Thus the
simple transform of dividing the link speed by 10 to get Bps, instead of
bps. Other than that, you have error correction, re-transmits, etc
which takes up more time.
Other mediums (ISDN, cable, ADSL, ethernet) each have their own
overhead.
-Adam
Daniel Wood wrote:
>
> woah dude you're way off on your conversions.
> 1 byte(word) = 8 bits
> so a 800kilobit internet connection means 100kilobytes/sec RATED* speed.
>
> A T1 is 1.45MegaBits(or was it 1.54?) which is equal to ~1485KiloBits a
> second which is ~186KiloBytes/sec a second(more commonly called K/sec).
>
> *RATED: My 64k isdn is RATED @ 8K/sec(64/8=8), that doesn't mean I cant
> sustain download @ 11K/sec for hours(I do that all the time). I can achieve
> 11K/sec because of compression.
>
> (BTW: If I have something wrong here please correct me.)
>
> -Dan
> thedew@usit.net
> http://www.msneptune.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Serial" <Serial@earthlink.net>
> To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 8:09 PM
> Subject: RE: A89: Me distributing roms.
>
> >
> > I believe his math is wrong. The OC256 that at&t is laying across the
> > atlantic to connect the 2 continents is a 2 gbit line which would roughly
> be
> > ~200meg/s
> > the quick conversion for (g)(m)(k)bits/s is to just add 2 zero's and
> reduce
> > to a lower letter if nessessary.
> > for example. a 56kbit modem like an x2 is really 5.6 kilobytes max
> > downstream
> > and a 384k/s downstream dsl would be ~38.4 kilobytes /s
> > a 1mbit cable line would be 100kilobytes per second. etc.
> > I may not know how to do anything but hello world in asm but networking I
> do
> > know =]
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
> > [mailto:owner-assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Bryan Rabeler
> > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 3:17 PM
> > To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
> > Subject: Re: A89: Me distributing roms.
> >
> >
> >
> > How did you calculate that?
> >
> > Bryan
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Scott" <mscott@rocket.mscott.dbcity.com>
> > To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 4:46 PM
> > Subject: RE: A89: Me distributing roms.
> >
> >
> > > Around 8.5gbps if my math is correct. Equivalent to 192 T3 lines.
> > >
> > > Mark E. Scott Jr.
> > > mscott@databasecity.com
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bryan Rabeler [mailto:rabelerb@pilot.msu.edu]
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 4:34 PM
> > > To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
> > > Subject: Re: A89: Me distributing roms.
> > >
> > >
> > > How fast is an OC192 again?
> > >
> > > Bryan
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Mark Scott" <mscott@rocket.mscott.dbcity.com>
> > > To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 4:06 PM
> > > Subject: RE: A89: Me distributing roms.
> > >
> > >
> > > > Send me the roms in an email and I'll throw em on a server that's on
> > > an
> > > > OC192.
> > > >
> > > > Mark E. Scott Jr.
> > > > mscott@databasecity.com
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Olle Hedman [mailto:oh@hem.passagen.se]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 4:02 PM
> > > > To: asm89
> > > > Subject: A89: Me distributing roms.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > This week might be the last one I distribute old ti-roms.
> > > > Someone has reported me to abuse@liu.se (my university), and to TI.
> > > > Same someone did not contact me.
> > > > I recieved the call from "abuse" today. He was very nice and
> > > > understanding and I
> > > > think he thought it was quite silly, but that he just had to talk with
> > > > me
> > > > because of this letter.
> > > > I got a week to either remove them, or come up with a valid reason for
> > > > me to
> > > > continue having them.
> > > > I have yet not gotten any response from TI, but they have visited my
> > > > site.
> > > > I'm eagerly awaiting their letter :)
> > > >
> > > > file://Olle
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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