Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!iuvax!pur-ee!a.cs.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!leonardr From: leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Advice re. Terminal Emulator Message-ID: <46100174@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 5 Jul 88 15:10:00 GMT References: <447@esquire.UUCP> Lines: 25 Nf-ID: #R:esquire.UUCP:447:uxe.cso.uiuc.edu:46100174:000:1370 Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!leonardr Jul 5 10:10:00 1988 david@wiley.UUCP(David Hull) in comp.sys.mac >>I really want it to do hardware (RTS/CTS) flow control. > >The Macintosh serial ports can't do hardware flow control. You're stuck >with ^S/^Q. > This is NOT TRUE! MicroPhone II has an option for Hardware Handshaking which works just fine provided that you have properly wired cable. We have found, however, the most 'standard' cables are not in this catagory, but we do include instructions in the manual for making your own, or where to purchase the proper cabling for doing hardware handshaking with your particular modem. (Disclaimer: I work for Software Ventures which write MicroPhone II) +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ + + Any thing I say may be taken as + + Leonard Rosenthol + fact, then again you might decide+ + President, LazerWare, inc. + that it really isn't, so you + + + never know, do you?? + + leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu + + + GEnie: MACgician + MacNET: MACgician + + Delphi: MACgician + + + + + +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+