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Re: //gs LocalTalk Port



Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:

> Willie Yeo <w.yeo@qut.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> >Nathan Mates wrote:
> >
> >>    Port speed is 230 kiloBITS per second, async transmission mode.
> >
> >    I thought that the GS serial ports can handle up to 57,600 bps (57.6
> >kiloBITS per second) tops. And to achieve 230 kiloBITS per second you need to
> >have a modified Apple Super Serial Card?
> 
> 57.6 kilobits per second synchronous (for modems, etc.)
> 230 kilobits per second asynchronous (for AppleTalk)

Other way around: communication with modems is asynchronous, AppleTalk
is synchronous.

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