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Subject: Re: Amiga serial questions
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Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 22:13:12 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  4 22:13:12 1987
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In article <5171@fmsrl7.UUCP> wayne@fmsrl7.UUCP (/\/\ichael R. \/\/ayne) writes:
>	I'm probably asking for the world but...  Does anyone know of a
>terminal emulator for the (stock, 512K, 1000) Amiga that will run at 19.2K
>SUSTAINED?  So that I do not get 1000 replies that "foo 1.3 runs at 19.2K", I
>will explain "sustained".  8 hours of continuous 19.2K transmission with no
>^S/^Q or any other software handshaking, no hardware handshaking, data is
>always being sent (no pauses at all).  Dropping even a single character is
>devastating.  Some constraints on multitasking and windowing are acceptable.
>Scrolling is mandatory, Tek emulation (at speed) very desirable.  PD/shareware
>with source is preferred as this could become part of something MUCH bigger
>but I am willing to talk to commercial vendors.
>
>-- 
>Michael R. Wayne  ***  TMC & Associates  ***  INTERNET: wayne@ford-vax.arpa
>uucp: {philabs | pyramid} !fmsrl7!wayne   OR   wayne@fmsrl7.UUCP
>>> If you own an MPulse, please contact me to exchange info and experiences <<

I've never heard of such a program being available.  You'll probably find that
you have to write your own.  I'm not really sure how possible a program like that
would be.  When you're using a bitmapped display, scrolling eats a lot of time.
The Tek command parsing really slows things down, especially if you're emulating
one of the new Teks that takes 3-D coordinates.  Pure text ought to be possible,
but I'd be impressed if someone could do sustained graphics rendering at that
speed.  A Tek has a lot of very CPU intensive commands, like patterned fills.
You'd almost certainly have to disable multitasking, because another process
might take control long enough for you to loose a character.

Just what are you going to transfer for 8 hours with no handshaking?

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