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- From: ewv@craycos.com (Eric Varsanyi)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: WorldBlazer on Solbourne Workstations
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.193858.7107@craycos.com>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 19:38:58 GMT
- References: <C0HD1z.C43@newsserver.technet.sg>
- Organization: Cray Computer Corporation
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- In article <C0HD1z.C43@newsserver.technet.sg> avircams@solomon.technet.sg (Asia Matsushita) writes:
- > Is there some problem with Solbourne's serial port or is it
- >because Solbourne is multitasking and PC is not? Can anyone give us some
- >suggestions?
-
- Yes, I have a WB that was connected to a Solbourne and I had many problems
- with throughput and lost characters (silo overflows). I have an open
- problem with Solbourne that they have said they will not address. The
- problem is they use a crummy serial chip that interrupts every character
- and the machine can't keep up at speeds greater than 4800 baud (much
- less the advertised 19.2).
-
- I can send you the problem number if you would like to add your voice to
- the list of complainers. Expect a lot of hassle (I had to run traces on
- a datascope before they would believe their hardware flow control worked
- as documented in the zs man page, outbound only).
-
- -Eric Varsanyi
-