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From: scotto@crash.cts.com (Scott O'Connell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Computone board for dial in/out modem - anybody make it work
Message-ID: <1184@crash.cts.com>
Date: 16 Jan 90 00:14:28 GMT
References: <278@boake2.UUCP> <2000@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <5151@gaboon.UUCP>
Reply-To: scotto@crash.cts.com (Scott O'Connell)
Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA
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In article <5151@gaboon.UUCP> asv@gaboon.UUCP (Stan Voket) writes:
>>In article <278@boake2.UUCP> scott@boake2.UUCP (Scott Boake) writes:
>>
>>| Has anybody be able to make ANY intelligent I/O card work both ways ?
>>
>     I am having VERY good luck with the Equinox Megaport with Telebit
>     Trailblazers under both SCO Xenix and Interactive unix.

I too have started using the Equinox Megaport.  My only concern at 
purchase time was the lack of hardware flow control support by the
Megaport.  Equinox only uses two control signals -- one IN and one
OUT.  The IN control signal is used for CD detection, and the OUT
control signal is used for DTR.

I thought hardware flow control was needed during a UUCP connection 
because the CTS light on the modem (a T2500) would always go out and
the sending of data would stop.  After a call to Equinox technical
support, and doing a little reasoning in my head, I decided the 
protocol should handle flow control during a UUCP session.  I tried it
and it works great.

I haven't used the Megaport with the T2500 for interactive use.  I
have been using it for direct connect terminals and UUCP dial-in/
dial-out on my Xenix 386 2.3.2 system without *any* problems.
-- 
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