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- From: hcp@csx.cciw.ca (H.C. Pulley)
- Subject: Re: 16550A UARTS -- WHY?
- Organization: Canada Centre for Inland Waters
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 19:53:41 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.195341.27583@csx.cciw.ca>
- References: <1992Nov10.144023.29489@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <1992Nov10.173244.16967@csx.cciw.ca> <1992Nov11.175952.16003@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov11.175952.16003@ultb.isc.rit.edu> yxl5388@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Fractalman) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov10.173244.16967@csx.cciw.ca> hcp@csx.cciw.ca (H.C. Pulley) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov10.144023.29489@ultb.isc.rit.edu> yxl5388@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Fractalman) writes:
- >>>In article <1992Nov9.160108.36650@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> etl1@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (EMIL THOMAS LERCH) writes:
- >>>>A 16550AFN UART is a FIFO buffered UART which doesn't do many users much good.
- >
- >Some stuff deleted..
- >
- >>>>with them, but you can also order just the chip if you want (~$15 U.S.) If
- >>>>you're running DOS plain, don't worry about one. If you multitask with
- >>>
- >>>Not true. A 386sx-16 can NOT possibly handle 14.4k connections (1700cps
- >>>transfer speed) without dropping characters. The only way is to get the
- >>>16550 chip. On my 386-25 I also can't do 16.8k (2000cps) without the
- >>>16550.
- >>
- >>Not true. To get back to laptops: my poor old Amstrad PPC 640 with an 8MHz NEC
- >>V20 chip in it can handle 56Kbps over a null modem connection to my desktop.
- >>It only has 8250 UARTs in it. At 114Kbps the poor little XT cannot handle the
- >>flow. Thus is under DOS of course.
- >
- >That's different. Are you using the null-modem connection to download
- >files (via zmodem or something.)? Or are you just using Laplink or a
- >similar product to transfer files?
-
- It doesn't matter...but, I am just using two terminal programs, no laplink or
- anything. The XT can handle YMODEM etc. at 56Kbps for both up and downloading.
-
- >>Running a unix OS on my 386-40 desktop however, I lose characters if I go above
- >>9600bps. I want 16550s for this machine. Under DOS this machine can handle
- >>any speed (I have not actually tested 114K in a proper manner...my other
- >>machine can't handle it...see above).
- >
- >A 386-40 can handle any MODEM speed. Null-modem connection is a
- >different matter.
-
- No, null-modems are not much different than 'real' modems. A 386 running DOS
- can handle up to 114Kpbs, null-modem or otherwise. Running a multitasking (but
- non-realtime) operating system causes problems above 9600bps. Just because a
- null-modem doesn't use all the signals doesn't mean it affects the speed of
- incoming characters.
-
- Harry
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