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- From: insystem@pathcom.com (Geoffrey Welsh)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: old UART & null modem & 11.2kps
- Date: 18 Feb 1996 17:08:18 GMT
- Organization: InSystems Technologies Inc.
- Message-ID: <4g7me2$74j@pathway1.pathcom.com>
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- In article <4fta0m$p0@news.third-wave.com>,
- mikefahy@third-wave.com (Mike Fahy) wrote:
- >kkong@chervil.ece.ucdavis.edu (Keith Kong) wrote:
- >
- >>Is interlnk at 11.2kbps through old UARTs reliable?
- >
- >Old uart shouldn't be a problem with Dos software. Windows puts the
- >strain on it, though.
-
- As stated, this is incorrect: older, unbuffered, UARTs are a problem at high
- speed when used with _any_ (DOS or Windows) interrupt-based drivers, though
- anything from a 386 memory manager to Windows will make it worse. They're
- usually fine in polled mode.
-
- Geoffrey Welsh, Developer, InSystems Technologies Inc.: insystem@pathcom.com
- At home: geoff@zswamp.uucp, [xenitec.on.ca|m2xenix.psg.com]!zswamp!geoff
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