Re: LocalTalk => dropped chars. in ProTERM?

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

Tim Schmidt (tschmidt@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) wrote:
: I've got my IIGS set up using a Mac IIsi as a file server over LocalTalk.
: I have a 9600 baud modem that I switch between the two computers.  When
: using it on the IIGS with ProTERM 3.1, it tends to drop sets of two
: characters with annoying frequency.  On the Mac, the modem loses no
: characters.  Is this a known result of the LocalTalk interrupts?  If I
: turn off LocalTalk, will the problem go away?  Is there any *other*
: solution?  (I love having all my files on the Mac's drive, but still
: accessable in ProTERM via the mini network.)

There's a patch for Proterm 3.1 which makes it more appletalk-tolerable, I've
used it and have no problems. Of course, my IIgs has a Courier 2400e modem
attached, with DTE at 9600. Not really fast enough to cause problems. On
my Quadra, I notice that the pointer gets jumpy and the modem can lose chars
when I access server volumes on it via localtalk. Not so with ethernet, mucho
higher throughput and no machine slowdown.
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