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From: ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Using a PC for a terminal
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Date: Mon, 29-Jun-87 21:18:20 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 29 21:18:20 1987
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In article <13@flmis06.ATT.COM>, mikel@flmis06.ATT.COM (Mikel Manitius) writes:
[edited discussion on using terminals at 9600 baud *without* flow control]
> Hmm. I used to have a 4425 connected to the serial port on my 3B1,
> and I would have it run at 19.2kb. It would handle the output very
> well, and it was noticably faster than 9.6kb.
> 				Mikel Manitius @ AT&T Network Operations

Try turning the flow control off, and then doing a cat of a large file
to the screen and tell me what happens after about 3 screens go by.
The 4425 needs flow control enabled to keep up with 9600 baud for
more than a screen of data.

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