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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Amiga serial questions
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Date: Sat, 5-Dec-87 03:31:31 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec  5 03:31:31 1987
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>  ...
> 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.

	Don't be silly.  Even Tek terminals have flow-control, and assuming
all 55 Meg will get through without an error is ridiculous.  The Amiga can
read data at that speed, but not scroll at that speed.  Sure you could
dynamically buffer the data, but *any* computer would get behind... not
for simple things like line drawing, but what about area fills and other
advance functions?

					-Matt