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- From: raymond@es.ele.tue.nl (Raymond Nijssen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Subject: Re: HP-UX vs. High-Speed modems
- Message-ID: <RAYMOND.92Dec18104153@cobra.es.ele.tue.nl>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 09:41:53 GMT
- References: <1992Dec15.193615.9415@qcinet.Gwinnett.COM>
- Sender: root@tuegate.tue.nl
- Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- In-reply-to: dpayton@qcinet.Gwinnett.COM's message of 15 Dec 92 19:36:15 GMT
-
- In article <1992Dec15.193615.9415@qcinet.Gwinnett.COM> dpayton@qcinet.Gwinnett.COM (Doug Payton) writes:
-
- > The current winner in the battle between HP-UX and the high-speed modem
- > we bought is: HP-UX. That is to say, we still have the 827, we sold
- > the modem.
-
- Too bad. Not necessary IMHO.
-
- > And the used T2500 option is no longer.
-
- I fail to see why the modem is to be blamed. Or do you have reasons to
- suspect that the T2500 is flaky wrt. flow control? That would be hard to
- imagine.
-
- > So now we're back to square 1. My question now is far simpler.
-
- > Does anyone have a high-speed modem (14.4K) for <$300 working on a uucp
- > connection on a Nova box sans hardware flow control?
-
- Such modems are only useful if the DTE speed is >= 19200 bps
-
- > Is this possible?
-
- Generally not.
-
- In practice, you can't rely on software flow control at speeds higher than
- 9600 bps.
-
- And what's wrong with hardware flowcontrol? It's very efficient.
-
- If it brings hope to you: believe me, it can be done.
-
- Regards,
- -Raymond
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