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- From: dwilliam@jabba.ess.harris.com (David Williams)
- Subject: Re: RTS/CTS flow control
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.135936.11874@trantor.harris-atd.com>
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- Organization: Harris Information Systems Division, Melbourne, FL
- References: <fPOGgUs@quack.sac.ca.us> <1992Jul13.132131.1344@ni.umd.edu> <1992Jul16.183032.26023@trantor.harris-atd.com> <1992Jul18.015542.27035@ni.umd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 13:59:36 GMT
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- In <1992Jul18.015542.27035@ni.umd.edu> louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) writes:
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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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- Yeah, I knew that - I was just trying to point out a similarity /
- difference there. It seems like most people tend to ignore the DTR/DSR
- lines in this sort of discussion.
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- What did the half-duplex modems do with the DTR/DSR line set? The
- same thing? (i.e., give up and terminate the connection?)
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