Re: network a gs to Linux?

[CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)]

On 22 Nov 1999 06:40:59 GMT, supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

>It is the way serial is implemented for AppleTalk.  The IIGS
>and Mac serial chips support an asynchronous 230k mode
>that's much higher than the chip's normal 57.6k
>synchronous maximum.  While many PC serial ports can
>match that high speed of 230k, they do so in the normal
>synchronous fashion so cannot work with AppleTalk.

You got your terms backwards.  AppleTalk uses a synchronous 230 kbps
transfer rate and normal communications to modems or null-modems use
asynchronous transfer rates that max out at 57.6 kbps on the IIgs and
115.2 kbps on the PC.

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