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  6. Subject: Re: 2nd post: Chars lost by DOS Ker under OS/2 during macros
  7. Date: 2 Oct 1996 23:20:06 GMT
  8. Organization: Space Computer Corporation
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  16. In <52ttir$otq@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>, fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes:
  17.  
  18. >You didn't say what kind of connection you have, but assuming it's a
  19. >serial one, you should try to arrange things so you can use RTS/CTS hardware
  20. >flow control, which does not suffer from the latency problems of software
  21. >flow control methods like Xon/Xoff.
  22.  
  23. I'm using VMODEM so that Kermit sees a serial connection, but in reality it is
  24. the local Ethernet which connects to the VAX.  I was under the impression that
  25. Xon/Xoff is the only flow control that is operational in that configuration.
  26.  
  27. Bill Kendall