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- From: jwa@yog-sothoth.dcrt.nih.gov (James W. Adams)
- Subject: Re: Does anybody REALLY need 115.2K baud for a modem?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.193308.22751@alw.nih.gov>
- Keywords: modem serial RS-232
- Sender: postman@alw.nih.gov (AMDS Postmaster)
- Organization: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- References: <Bt0Fn5.6KF@cd.com> <1992Aug15.150835.1362@lokkur.dexter.mi.us> <1992Aug16.034430.11722@uhura.neoucom.edu>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 19:33:08 GMT
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- This thread begs the question of using an antiquated interface designed
- for half-duplex modems at <= 300 BPS to run at throughput exceeding that
- of the original ARPANET backbone.
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- Serial has too much overhead for this to be efficient and flow control
- is still a problem. Several posters have raised the issue of
- availability. Nearly everyone who has a Sun has both a SCSI and an
- Ethernet connection. Ethernet and SCSI cards for PCs are also widely
- available. Macs have SCSI and Ethernet is easily available.
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- It's time to retire the UART and move on.
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