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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
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From: dfox@hip-hop.suvl.ca.us (David Fox)
Subject: HST and 386bsd
Organization: Hip-Hop BBS, Sunnyvale, CA (408-773-0768)
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 04:30:19 GMT
Message-ID: <C578IK.J0C@hip-hop.suvl.ca.us>
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I've been using tip for quite a while with a 2400 baud modem without
too many problems on 386BSD with cgd's bidir com driver.

However, I got just the other day a fixed HST courier 9600 bps modem
(works fine in DOS).

Right now, I'm connected at 9600/ARQ/HST onto a Linux system for mail/news
and it works OK.  However, for downloading it is useless.  rz will
continuously give many eerrors per block, and IMHO I would be better off
using it at 2400/ARQ.

My system is a 386sx with a 16450.  I was under the impression that with
cgd's driver I didn't need a 16550.  (I'm not doing anything else, so
rz is got the machine to itself essentially.)

Is it true?

Can those with similar modems (HST preferred) give me some pointers as to
improvee performncce?

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