Subj : binkley xe
To   : Robert Bull
From : Roy J. Tellason
Date : Sun Jan 05 2003 08:03 pm

Robert Bull wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 RB>> AIUI, my Binkley offers the protocols _in the order in which I've
 RB>> entered  them_ in the config, with the idea that both ends try to
 RB>> agree on the highest common denominator.

 RT> This got me curious enough to go in there and look,  but it's been
 RT> *so* long since I've messed with anything at all in there I'm not even
 RT> sure any more which bits apply to this.  Perhaps it's this stuff:

 RT> Janusbaud 2400
 RT> JanusOK /Arq/V
 RT> JanusOK /V

 RB> I don't have Janus stuff as such.  I think - _without_ having
 RB> checked the  Binkley docs - that that area is covered by

 RB> BiDiBaud      2400              ; BiDi default max speed BiDiOK
 RB>  /Arq/V                         ; BiDi ok any Arq except HST 
 RB> ProtocolPreference HYD,JAN,ZAP,ZMO

 RB> meaninig the BiDis apply to whichever bidirectional protocol is in
 RB> use.  The last line, ProtocolPreference, seems to be the key one 
 RB> in that it tells my end to offer Hydra first, then Janus, ZedZap, 
 RB> and so on, /in that order/, and to use the first one that the 
 RB> remote end accepts.

It's been so long since I've fiddled with any of this stuff I have no 
recollection at this point in time as to what protocols are included in the 
setup,  which I might need to have available as "external",  and so forth.  
What difference would the order make?  Are some of these to be preferred over 
others?  It's been a *long* time since I've seen any discussion of this sort of 
thing.  <g>

 RB> The record of my last call to you (freq'd PLZ22.LZH) has got 
 RB> chopped off the top of my log file, so I can't check it.

I keep old logs:

# 22 Nov 16:08:49 BINK Ring
# 22 Nov 16:09:04 BINK Connect 4800/Arq/V34/Lapm/V42Bis
* 22 Nov 16:09:09 BINK The Luminous Void (2:250/333.4@fidonet.org)
: 22 Nov 16:09:09 BINK Aka: 2:250/501.4@fidonet.org 509:100/1.4@fidonet.org 2:2
* 22 Nov 16:09:09 BINK Remote Uses BT 2.60XE/Beta-XH4+CE1+AW1+AW2+AW3+AW4 Watco
: 22 Nov 16:09:09 BINK SysOp: Robert Bull from Coleford_Somerset
: 22 Nov 16:09:09 BINK Tranx: 3DDE56A3 / 3DDE9D33
: 22 Nov 16:09:11 BINK Session method: Janus
# 22 Nov 16:09:12 BINK Receiving Mail Packet 22211014.Pkt
* 22 Nov 16:09:13 BINK File Request (PLZ22.LZH)
# 22 Nov 16:09:13 BINK Sending H:\Max\File\Bbs\PLZ22.LZH
+ 22 Nov 16:09:21 BINK CPS: 1904 (15237 bytes)  Efficiency: 396%
+ 22 Nov 16:09:21 BINK Sent-J/32 H:\Max\File\Bbs\PLZ22.LZH
+ 22 Nov 16:09:43 BINK CPS: 8 (273 bytes)  Efficiency: 1%
+ 22 Nov 16:09:43 BINK Received-J/32 M:\Max\File\Inbound\22211014.Pkt
* 22 Nov 16:09:44 BINK End of WaZOO/EMSI Session

Almost pasted the wrong call in there,  the other one being from the other 
person who started this thread,  Paul Williams.

Wow,  396% efficient!  I like those numbers...  :-)

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