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From: ericvb@Sun.COM (Eric van Bezooijen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Programming modems, what software ?
Date: 6 Sep 1995 22:15:04 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA
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Rob Simons (rob@Simplex.simplex.nl) wrote:
: Hi,

: What software do you use to programm your modems for speeds as high
: as 115200 baud ?  kermit doesn't seem to be able to go abovve 38400,
: at least the version I have and that I could find.
: I'm using telix now on a DOS PC, but would like to do it from the
: FreeBSD machine directly.

Hmm, I use the kermit from ftp.cdrom.com to dial at 57600, and I have
had 0 problems with that.  I assume you have the newer serial chips that
can handle high speeds (the 16550 UARTS) ? I haven't tried 115200 baud 
because I only use 1 B-channel with a Motorola BITSURFR.

-Eric

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