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From: ralphw@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre)
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Subject: 'Keeping up' at high speeds (was Re: Kermit at 19200bps)
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Date: 27 Jun 88 16:21:54 GMT
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In article <8806242338.aa06649@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) writes:
>>btw, kermit cant keep up with 19200bps, z-link does...
>
>Kermit WILL keep up... IF the other end supports X-ON/X-OFF

But I don't consider that to be 'keeping up', it should be able to
deal with 19.2 kbps all the time, without any flow control at all.

XON/XOFF is a hack at best, and it can cause serious problems with
certain applications (emacs, etc).

(A few) People write MIDI code for Apple ]['s, it seems like that would
have to run at least 30 kbps with no problems....


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