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- From: gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews)
- Subject: Re: 14.4Kbps Modems and Procomm+
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.065628.29610@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
- References: <W8SDZ.12826597553.BABYL@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 06:56:28 GMT
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- In article <W8SDZ.12826597553.BABYL@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> CHARLIE@UMVMA.UMSYSTEM.EDU (Charlie Turner) writes:
- >husc10.harvard.edu!jiu1@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU writes:
- >>I just "discovered" that my copy of procomm plus does not support
- >>14.4K bps communication speed. After 2,400 come 4,800, 9,600,
- >>192,000 etc. Does this mean one can't use 14.4K modems? How about
- >>the Windows version?
- >
- >As far as I know, the standard COM port speeds are a sequence of
- >'doubles', eg. 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, ..., etc.
- >I don't think this is anything Procomm or any other software package
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >can change.
- ^^^^^^^^^^
-
- That's not the case in an IBM compatible with a standard UART chip
- (8250/16450/16550).
-
- The serial port hardware can support other speeds as well. The UART
- chip takes in a 1.8432 MHz clock signal and internally divides it
- by 16 to provide the baud rate clock. That clock can be divided by
- any whole number to produce the actual speed. Your comm software
- can change that number (the divisor) to select different speeds.
- The top speed would be the baud rate clock divided by 1:
-
- 1,843,200 / 16 = 115,200 (baud rate clock)
-
- clock / divisor = speed
- ----------------------------
- 115,200 / 1 = 115,200
- 115,200 / 2 = 57,600
- 115,200 / 3 = 38,400
- 115,200 / 6 = 19,200
- 115,200 / 12 = 9,600
- 115,200 / 48 = 2,400
- 115,200 / 96 = 1,200
- 115,200 / 384 = 300
-
- You'll notice that there are a lot of divisor values missing if you
- only list the "normal" speeds. A divisor value of 8 will give you
- 14,400 bps.
-
- So you see the software certainly could support 14,400 bps. They just
- haven't done it.
-
-
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