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- From: bd970@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Barry E. Boone)
- Subject: Re: Barry Boone
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.152231.21119@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
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- Reply-To: bd970@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Barry E. Boone)
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 15:22:31 GMT
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- In a previous article, andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Andrew webster) says:
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- >bd970@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Barry E. Boone) writes:
- >
- >-
- >- In a previous article, rdg@po.CWRU.Edu (Robert D. Gilpin) says:
- >-
- >- >
- >- >In a previous article, bd970@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Barry E. Boone) says:
- >- >
- >- >>I am using a USR Dual Standard on my TI Rs232... to use the flow control,
- >- >>I had to wire a custom cable, then write the low level assembler code to ma
- >- >>it work (I wrote my own Ymodem-g-batch protocol)... In other words, what yo
- >- >>want to do can be done... just not readily.
- >- >>
- >- >>Barry
- >- >>
- >- >
- >- >
- >- >Barry, has anyone ever said how amazing you are?
- >- >
- >- >
- >- >--
- >- > Sig file under repair.
- >- >
- >- >
- >- >
- >-
- >- <grin> I just did not want to have to hook the USR modem up to an
- >- "Irritatingly Bothersome Machine (IBM)"
- >-
- >- Actually, I am using the USR on my Geneve, not a TI... the TI is capable of
- >- doing high speed file transfers, but would get hopelessly bogged on screen
- >- access at speeds exceeding 9600 baud...
- >-
- >- What is needed is for Charles Earl to release the source code to TELCO,
- >- so that people can modify it for the hardware flow control, etc.
- >-
- >- By the way, one does not need hardware flow control, unless you are either
- >- (A) using a streaming protocol (i.e. Ymodem-G-Batch), or trying to capture
- >- continuous ASCII, and your modem can't be programmed for XON/XOFF. (this is
- >- the "flow control" that TELCO uses... it only works during logging to disk.)
- >- Also, the Circular interrupt on a TI can't keep up above about 2400-4800
- >- baud, (or 9600 if you try to use the CIB for a file xfer).
- >-
- >- Bottom line... there is no reason the TI cannot be used with a high speed
- >- modem... just a matter of writing the software to do it.
- >-
- >- Barry
- >-
- >- P.S. Ignore the U6637AP account in my .sig
- >-
- >- --
- >- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
- >- Barry Boone --- bd970@Cleveland.Freenet.EDU
- >- 76354.1637@Compuserve.com
- >- U6637AP@VMS.UCC.OKSTATE.EDU (preferred)
- >
- >_________________________________________________________________________
- >
- >SO. Your saying that if, say, I, was able to get Charles to release the
- >source to Telco, that you would work it over for us all? That we might be
- >able to use MNP 5 and .42bis tec.. with our TI-99/4A's???
- >
- >Well Barry? Cause we need what Joe in a previous message was talking
- >about. Up dated Telco, 24 pin/laser driver support etc... And it happens
- >that, well, your a brain! We need your brain!
- > __@ __@
- > _-\<, -\<,_
- > (_)/---|/-(_) --==>> ANDY <<==--
- > ___________________
- >
- Yes, if you can get Charles to release the source, I would be more than happ
- to support it.
-
- Barry
-
- --
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- Barry Boone --- bd970@Cleveland.Freenet.EDU
- 76354.1637@Compuserve.com
- U6637AP@VMS.UCC.OKSTATE.EDU (preferred)
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