Re: Download times

[Alan Brown]

On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Kenneth Porter wrote:

> IIRC, "several times their original size" is 4/3. 3 binary bytes are
> translated into 4 printable ASCII bytes using base 64 encoding. A
> simple-minded approach would split every 3 bytes (24 bits) into 4
> 64-bit values and then add 32 to each to make it printable ASCII.

3/2 is closer to the mark.

AB