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From: pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: commport boards and MNP/etc (was: Error-correcting modems & uucp
Message-ID: <1990Apr11.225401.5248@cti-software.nl>
Date: 11 Apr 90 22:54:01 GMT
References: <963@frcs.UUCP> <21466@nuchat.UUCP> <511445@nstar.UUCP> <1990Apr8.154834.1545@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <630@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM> <1990Apr11.164509.4045@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
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karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) writes:

>If you're using ISC, or AT&T, or ESIX Unix, there is NO IOCTL to turn on and
>off hardware flow control!

>That is, there is no way to command the board to enable it, unless the board
>vendor has inserted some hack (read: external command) to do so on a
>port-by-port or (much worse) board-by-board basis.

If you use the modem control devices of a Specialix SI board,
there is no way to DISable it, other than hardware wise.
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