Date   : Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:35:43 -0000
From   : mark@... (Mark Usher)
Subject: Rockin' out with awServer :-)

> But, what about optimisation by extending the actual data transfer? I
> feel pretty certain 6*1024 would be a Bad Thing on a BBC; however what
> about RISC OS? Could the Econet subsystem cope? If so, it might be an
> interesting idea to modify awServer to identify the client and adjust
> its buffer size accordingly (i.e. 6K for RISC OS, 1280 bytes for
> everything else).

I did read in a document that the Econet Standard Committee set it at 512
bytes per packet, this was sometime around RiscIX. Damned if I can find the
reference again though. Memory tells me the Bridge is hardcoded to about 512
bytes. If we are talking about inter connectivity to Ethernet, we need to be
keeping the packet size below the Ethernet MTU to keep things simple and not
having to implement stupid size buffers.

//M