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From: gweisz@nilenet.com (Gideon Weisz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: "modem passes break transparently"--function?
Date: 26 Nov 1995 02:05:53 GMT
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Joe Doupnik (jrd@cc.usu.edu) wrote:
THE ORIGINAL QUESTION DELETED
: ---------
: BREAK is a serial communications line term meaning an illegal
: character of a particular kind, used to signal the other end that attention
: is needed. A stylized BREAK is also provided in Telnet. BREAK can be used
: with some remote hosts, but not all, and not all communications equipment
: senses it. In short, it's normally not needed.
: Joe D.
But, Joe, in that case the question is still unanswered: why,
in the modem script that i have, that came with msk3.14,
is the choice made, that instead of the factory default,
one should ask for "nondestructive/unexpedited"
and the comment in the script was
"modem passes break transparently".
why is this preferable here, and would it not be preferable
in other settings?
The fact that "break" is normally not needed doesn't explain
why the mskermit package prefers a setting that is not the default
(in a Sportster, in this case, by the way, but that doesn't seem relevant)
I believe that my entire question remains unanswered, and I would really
like to understand it.
(eg, what's expedited, what's unexpedited, what's the advantage of
transparency versus nontransparency?, and in view of those answers,
why prefer the particular non-default setting?)
I hope this doesn't come across as too sticky. It seems like an interesting
question, and I sure would like to know a little about what I'm doing
in making a particular choice. I assume the original recommendation
in the kermit package had some important rationale, and I would like
to understand it.
Thanks, and sorry to be so windy,
Gideon