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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: Hardware vs xon/xoff flow control.
- Message-ID: <BswMMt.4Jz@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 04:18:26 GMT
- References: <1992Aug11.185428.13958@tvnews.tv.tek.com>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <1992Aug11.185428.13958@tvnews.tv.tek.com> dougs@tvnews.tv.tek.com (Doug Stevens) writes:
- >....RTS-CTS ... I know that the
- >the RS232 'standard' is not really a standard (in the sense of having all
- >details fully specified), but how off-the-wall is use of hardware flow control?
-
- RS232C, the standard everyone has been using for umpteen years, has no
- provision for it. None whatsoever. RTS and CTS are for line turnaround
- on half-duplex modems, which have to be told whether to receive or transmit
- at any given time. RTS means "switch to transmit", CTS means "okay, I did".
-
- RS232D, aka EIA232D, the latest revision, has an optional provision for
- RTS-CTS hardware flow control. Very few companies are aware of 232D in
- any real sense yet. However, unofficial use of handshaking has been so
- prevalent in recent years that many people think that's what RTS and CTS
- were always meant for.
- --
- There is nothing wrong with making | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
- mistakes, but... make *new* ones. -D.Sim| henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
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