Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!leah!rpi!pawl!shadow From: shadow@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: DECnet for the Amiga Message-ID: Date: 20 Jul 89 10:36:52 GMT References: <735@orbit.UUCP> <791@medsys.UUCP> Sender: usenet@rpi.edu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Lines: 25 In-reply-to: bbs@medsys.UUCP's message of 19 Jul 89 23:25:24 GMT On 19 Jul 89 23:25:24 GMT, bbs@medsys.UUCP (BBS login) said: bbs> Was this guy serious when he said the Amiga's serial port bbs> couldn't run above 19,200 baud??? Call him back and ask if he's bbs> ever seen EMIT. It's PD, and allows two Amigas connected by bbs> serial cable to transfer files at 280,000 baud. Something like bbs> 292,000 baud (Bits Per Second Guys :-)) is the theoretical bbs> limit.... Granted the serial.device isn't as efficient as it bbs> could be, but it's not the hardware end that's at fault. According to the hardware manual, the Amiga's internal serial port tops out somewhere over a million baud. (!) However, it will drop bits attempting to READ at that rate. (Optimizing the serial.device driver might increase the maximum effective speed...) It can easily go far beyond 19200. (Though many comm programs often don't offer it as an option, oddly.) Deven -- Deven T. Corzine Internet: deven@rpi.edu, shadow@pawl.rpi.edu Snail: 2214 12th Street, Troy, NY 12180 Phone: (518) 271-0750 Bitnet: deven@rpitsmts, userfxb6@rpitsmts UUCP: uunet!rpi!deven Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.