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From: neil@uninet.cpd.com (Neil Gorsuch)
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Subject: Re: CTS->XON/XOFF
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Date: 18 Jul 90 03:20:51 GMT
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In article <8635@ubc-cs.UUCP> rlin@cs.ubc.ca (Robert Lin) writes:
>Does anyone know if there is a device that converts a hardware hand-
>shaking device into XON/XOFF protocol? Here's the situation. I have
>a piece of hardware that talks through RS-232. It only supports
>hardware handshaking (CTS/RTS flow control). I want to communicate
>with it with a NeXT computer.
>The STUPID !@#?^% NeXT serial port only supports software XON/XOFF
>flow control. So now I am looking for a device that translates a
>CTS transition from off to on, into a ^Q, and a CTS transition
>from on to off, into a ^S. So to simulate software XON/XOFF with
>hardware.

How about a device that supports hardware flow control directly, such
as our SCSI based serial/parallel box that is currently being ported
to the NeXT?


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