Re: 57700 throughput on 19200 serial port?

[txa84@isuvax.iastate.edu (Robert S. Claney)]

In article <CvF04o.E8q@griffin.cuc.ab.ca>,
     dockery@griffin.cuc.ab.ca (Sean Dockery) writes:

>[Lot's of 8530 stuff nuked]

>By the way:  "bps (bits per second) rate" is the correct terminology for
>talking about modem and port speeds; "baud rate", although widely accepted
>as correct, is not.  Although if you use correct terminology around
>salespersons, you could end up getting a variable speed blender instead of
>a V.FAST modem.  ;-)

You're right about fast modems, but just for completeness, baud and BPS are the
same for older, slower modems.

>PS:  Does ANYONE out there have a Z8530 reference card or programming
>reference?  PLEASE contact me at the below address.

I too am interested in Z8530 docs!

>-- 
>Sean Dockery             |"Now my charms are all o'erthrown, and what strength
>dockery@griffin.cuc.ab.ca| I have's mine own." -Prospero, "The Temptest"

Bob

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