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- From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
- Subject: Re: Difference between ttya01 and ttyA01
- Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 15:22:35 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.152235.2008@bilver.uucp>
- References: <BsFp5C.BIC@world.std.com> <1992Aug6.181516.5784@candle.uucp> <1992Aug10.233857.21283@openage.openage.com>
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- In article <1992Aug10.233857.21283@openage.openage.com> gryphon@openage.openage.com (The Golden Gryphon) writes:
- >root@candle.uucp (Bruce Momjian) writes:
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- >>I have always wondered - what exactly is modem control?
-
- >Actually modems require more pins to make them work properly. It is also
- >called hardware flow control. This allows you to lock a modem port at 19200
- >and accept calls at 1200 without sending any BREAK characters.
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- Modem control and harware flow control are NOT the same thing.
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- Hardware flow control can be used for controlling flow of data, and can
- be used with terminal and printers among other things.
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- Modem control is used for such things as spawning gettys when a CD
- comes high, and disconnects when CD goes low.
-
- You can modem control with xon/xoff - eg modem control with software
- flow control.
-
- It is confusing, but they are not the same.
-
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- Bill Vermillion - bill@bilver.oau.org bill.vermillion@oau.org
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