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From: koren@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Steve Koren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Re: PIPEing from ser:
Message-ID: <11640025@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 21 Nov 90 16:27:16 GMT
References: <1990Nov16.104712.20944@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au>
Organization: HP Fort Collins, Co.
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> >Um, why not? A floppy device can.

> floppy with a few hundred small files in it. Watch the terminal program
> lose characters. Watch jrcomm die. The terminal program can only hold to
> a certain point, then buffers start to overrun.

Try using flow control.  CTS/RTS will allow most terminal programs to
stop the sender while they digest the recently sent data.

     - steve