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- From: jk93@mail.erols.com (jk93)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Comm Overruns Help!
- Date: 20 Mar 1996 23:36:56 GMT
- Organization: organized
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- In article <314C286C.C65@accutek.com>, satchell@accutek.com says...
- >
- >Josh Grabelle wrote:
- >>
- >> I have a fairly new pentium, and i've done EVERYTHING mentioned in all
- >> the reputable FAQ's. I still gets lots of overruns (in Netscape; but
- >> not when downloading newsgroup headers).
- >>
- >> Sometimes you simply just can't get rid of them under windows.
- >
- >You may have a new Pentium machine, but you may still have a slow
- >serial port (8250 or 16450) on that machine. All too many companies
- >still aren't willing to spend the extra $3 to install fast serial
- >ports on a system.
- >
-
- If he says he did everything in the FAQ's, you can assume he made sure
- his uart's are 16550 (unless he's wrong, and he did NOT read the FAQ's).
-
- Anyway, I've also seen the situation where nothing at all helps with the
- overruns (when using Netscape).
-
- BTW, can you name ONE company that makes new pentiums but does NOT include
- an 16550. I doubt that very much.
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