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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!udel-eecis!netnews.com!uhog.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!nwnewsold.wa.com!news1.halcyon.com!coho!ken From: ken@coho.halcyon.com (Ken Pizzini) Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How prevent character loss on SIO? Date: 21 Aug 1996 21:48:40 GMT Organization: What, me? Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4vg07o$3jd@news1.halcyon.com> References: <4urf05$fsg@fu-berlin.de> <4v9uvc$h0@anorak.coverform.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: coho.halcyon.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.programmer:41980 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25892 In article <4v9uvc$h0@anorak.coverform.lan>, Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> wrote: >Gunther Schadow (gusw@zedat.fu-berlin.de) wrote: >: the other side (to which I have no influence) just doesn't use hard >: flow control. ... >: 2. if yes, then would hard flow control improve the situation? I mean >: -- suppose I could use hard frow control, would the character loss on >: times of high system load be avoided? (i guess no) > >Yep. Hardware flow control should eradicate your problems. Nope. The remote end doesn't support it. [much snippage] >What I'm saying is that if you've spent some time resolving this problem, >it's probably cost your company more than it would forking out for the >decent hardware ?????? If you really want to solve the problem for good, >tell "the other side" that they are not supplying a workable service (HW >flow control) - if you're in a position to :) Well, that's a different kettle of fish... --Ken Pizzini