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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!daver!UB.com!uunet!think.com!unixland!bill
From: bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser)
Subject: Re: swap space, printer, silo overflow
Message-ID: <1992Aug8.025404.14467@unixland.natick.ma.us>
Organization: Unixland Public Access Unix  (508) 655-3848
References: <20558@sbsvax.cs.uni-sb.de>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1992 02:54:04 GMT
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arno@sol.cs.uni-sb.de (Arno Schmitt) writes:
>3. My system has two serial ports of which only the second one
>   (/dev/com2) is in use (Connected to a Sun ELC). Whenever I 
>   transfer data on com2, I get a silo overflow on com1. What does 
>   this mean and how can I avoid it?

Someone else reported success with a 16550 UART on the com port.

Anyone else have success with this?

BTW, why does it always say "com1", even if the port in question is COM2?
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