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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: Problems with patchkit 0.2.4
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References: <BLYMN.93Jul25173659@siren.awadi.com.au> <231gm7INNrff@kralizec.zeta.org.au> <BLYMN.93Jul29103314@siren.awadi.com.au>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 93 01:50:32 GMT
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In article <BLYMN.93Jul29103314@siren.awadi.com.au> blymn@awadi.com.au (Brett Lymn) writes:
>I have been misunderstood.  My statement was intended to mean that
>leaving the rts/cts connected as the original poster had it would not
>do any harm.  Most RS-232 interfaces I have worked with have the flow
>control lines pulled to the correct levels with resistors... of course
>on cheap & nasty pc hardware this is probably not the case.

I will *CERTIFY* that the vast majority of internal modems do not pull
the signals in the correct directions.  To do so would require additional
circuitry between the UART an modem portions of the card.  Try *that* with
a Rockwell chipset... hint: you will need an electron microscope, to begin
with.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@icarus.weber.edu
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