Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!decwrl!ucbvax!daemon From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: Re: XOFF (actually DMF auto xon/xoff mode) Message-ID: <9791@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 09:42:06 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.9791 Posted: Fri Aug 9 09:42:06 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 06:33:24 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 15 From: Chris Torek>There is a mode in the DMF-32 called "AUTOXON" or something >like that, which appears to be some sort of hardware implementation >of XON/XOFF flow control within the DMF's controller. The VMS terminal >driver for the DMF-32 did not use the feature until VMS V4 came out. >At that point, it became evident that many DMF emulators weren't. So *that* explains it! Except for one small point: when I put this into my Unix kernel, I got this very same behaviour, but we have a *DEC* DMF32. . . . Perhaps some DMFs aren't, also. Chris