Re: -> Advice needed: 14.4 & //gs

[sspies@dec1.eths.nwu.edu (Soren Spies)]

In article <1994Oct10.132700.74484@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>,
skohns@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Steve) wrote:


> I've noticed the "modem port" adjust options in the //gs.  Are these
> updated as you change them or only at the bootup?  Does "buffering" do
> any good?  With my modem, what speed should I run it at?  I've tried
> 9600 and 19200, but with the same character lossage problems.
   I've run my 14.4k with Zlink at 19,200 without problems (during file
transfer, anyway, things got messed up with large text dumps but that was
the other end [I think])
> 
> Exactly the character lossage is, where lines appear in the wrong
> place (a line that should be row24 is row3), and the general missing
> characters causing problems with text and alignment.
   What you are describing may be a terminal emulation problem instead of
a hardware character loss problem.
> 
> I do have the correct handshaking cable, and I'm not sure what to
> adjust next.  I'm still a little puzzled that I'd be having trouble
> since I read that the //gs' port maxes at 19200bps, when I'm
> connecting at 9600bps.
   I believe there is a utility (or part of Proterm, and also a CDA called
TinyTalk) that will crank the speed up to 57,600.  The machine can handle
9600 for sure, and 19,200 without any problems.



                                             -- Soren Spies
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