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- From: ynecgan@cid.aes.doe.CA (Greg Neill)
- Subject: dropped characters
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.193133.3446@cid.aes.doe.CA>
- Summary: communications software can't keep up
- Keywords: modem, xtalk, windows, PC
- Sender: G. Neill
- Organization: HNSX Supercomputers Inc.
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 19:31:33 GMT
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- Hello,
- I am having some trouble with my communications software under
- Windows. I have tried XTALK as well as the TERMINAL program that comes
- with Windows, and both show symptoms of not being able to keep up with a
- 9600 baud interface. The hardware platform is a '386DX at 33MHZ with an
- internal Hayes 9600 baud modem.
-
- Typically if, say, a full page of output is being received, then
- portions (whole lines) will be missing. Refreshing the page
- (retransmitting it) sometimes works, but most often there are other
- 'holes' left in the data. Looks suspiciously like a buffering problem.
-
- So what gives? Is it the software? Is Windows sucking so much CPU
- that my machine can't handle 9600 baud transfers?
-
- Maybe someone can recommend a NON Windows communications package?
-
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- Greg Neill, |
- HNSX Supercomputers Inc. | THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
- ynecgan@cid.aes.doe.ca | oh, sorry.
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