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- From: louie@sayshell.umd.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Date: 18 Jul 92 05:55 MDT
- Subject: Re: RTS/CTS flow control
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- Message-ID: <1992Jul18.015542.27035@ni.umd.ed>
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- In article <1992Jul16.183032.26023@trantor.harris-atd.com> dwilliam@wookie.ess.harris.com (David Williams) writes:
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- > Pardon my ignorance, but isn't this what the DTR/DSR lines do?
- >My modem hangs up the line ("turns around the line by dropping its
- >transmitted carrier...") whenever I drop the DTR line. As a matter
- >of fact, the hangup menu option on my terminal emulator just simply
- >toggles the DTR line for a brief period.
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- Turning the line around doesn't mean "hang up". Usually, it means the
- modem turns off its transmitted carrier and turns on its receiver.
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- Half duplex modema and their usual applications are rather removed from
- the usual experiences that folks have with "normal" FDX modems that you
- buy down at the corner store, err, EggHead..
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- louie
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