Date   : Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:27:12 +0000
From   : jgh@... (J.G.Harston)
Subject: Rockin' out with awServer :-)

Rick Murray wrote:
> --8<--------
> REM The following gave 17.5KS-1 blistering perfomance for an econet!
> REM TFRL%=6*1024
> REM Bruce says I can't do that P.E.R.I.O.D.
> REM So we are back to this
> TFRL%=5*256
> --8<--------
>
> Did Bruce say *why*?

There's a 1280-byte buffer hardwired into something somewhere.
Plus, the larger packets you throw at the network, the longer you
are hogging it and preventing somebody else interleaving between
your packets and getting something done.

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