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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!goliath.apana.org.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news2.compulink.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc From: rockson@idirect.com (jw) Subject: Re: Sometimes you need X server source (Was: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/32.126 X-Client-Port: 1028 Message-ID: <ragnaroek1996Mar31.071017.27536@news2.compulink.com> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <4j36ev$prl@news.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> <4ja099$r8k@ceylon.gte.com> <ragnaroek1996Mar28.063723.8733@news2.compulink.com> <4jg1a1$4b8@solaris.cc.vt.edu> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: doomnet5.idirect.com Date: 31 Mar 96 12:10:17 GMT Lines: 16 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:13808 comp.os.linux.development.system:20238 comp.os.linux.hardware:34716 comp.os.linux.setup:47813 comp.os.linux.x:27925 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:349 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2849 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16228 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2629 On 29 Mar 1996 06:51:44 GMT, erik@fenris.campus.vt.edu () wrote: >Yes, most modems do compress data being sent. In some cases, yu might want >to disable this for quicker response. > > >LBX works by reducing the protocol, NOT by compressing. As such, you send >less data over your modem link. > > Hmmm... I remember reading about LBX just before X11R6 was released in X Journal and I seem to remember that they were talking about on the fly data compression. Part of this was achieved by removing wasted bytes from the protocol but there was still data compression involved. I guess I have to dig out that magazine and double check.