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From: dherity@cs.tcd.ie (Dominic Herity)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: protocol for half-duplex traffic on PS/2 bidirectional parallel port?
Message-ID: <1990Nov12.094816.2160@cs.tcd.ie>
Date: 12 Nov 90 09:48:16 GMT
References: <9447@orca.wv.tek.com>
Reply-To: dherity@bofin.UUCP (Dominic Herity)
Organization: DSG, Dept. of Comp.Sc., Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
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It is possible to run a PC serial port at up to 115,200 baud. This works
on even an old XT. Although this capability is 'unofficial', the official
story being a 9600 baud limit, it is a more straightforward proposition
than doing a protocol on a parallel port, which won't work on old
hardware.