Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!tuvie!tugiig!plipp From: plipp@tugiig (Lipp Peter) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: AN HISTORIC MOMENT! Summary: ....promises Message-ID: <15@tugiig> Date: 13 Jul 88 10:00:47 GMT References: <841@ast.cs.vu.nl> Organization: none Lines: 17 In article <841@ast.cs.vu.nl>, ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes: > > This is an historic moment indeed. This message is being typed on a Z-248 > running MINIX attached to a 1200 baud modem connected to a remote SUN 3/60 > over a dialup line. In short, the long awaited RS232 driver seems to be > working flawlessly at 1200 baud. I have done 'cat file' and it seems to be > able to transmit/receive at 1200 baud without losing any characters at all. > I don't know whether it works at 2400/4800/9600 because I don't have any > modems for those speeds. However, I can promise that it won't work at 19200 > (because the 8250 UART used in the PC stops at 9600). Not true: its possible to set the speed to more than 100000 baud. 19200 can easily be used - without problems. Peter Lipp - plipp@tugiig.uucp