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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!hri.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!unido!hcshh!hm From: hm@hcshh.hcs.de (Hellmuth Michaelis) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: COM driver and X11 Keywords: COM X11 Message-ID: <1543@hcshh.hcs.de> Date: 9 Jul 92 07:11:11 GMT Article-I.D.: hcshh.1543 References: <cproto.710554678@marsh> Organization: HCS GmbH, Hamburg, Europe Lines: 16 In <cproto.710554678@marsh> cproto@marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au (Computer Protocol) writes: > But even with a NS16550 with the FIFO I doubt whether the >driver would keep up due to the TTY stuff it has to go through for >every received character (at 9600 b/s or higher). before switching to a 16550, the baudrate on my system was limited to 4800 baud for successfull filetransfer/terminal sessions using kermit or uucp. after installing 16550's on the serial ports, im able to use 19200 baud without any problems! hellmuth -- hellmuth michaelis HCS Hanseatischer Computerservice GmbH hamburg, europe hm@hcshh.hcs.de tel: +49/40/55903-170 fax: +49/40/5591486