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From: dougs@videovax.tv.tek.com (Doug Stevens)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Modems and baud rate divisors
Summary: Be careful with divisor of 1
Message-ID: <6203@videovax.tv.tek.com>
Date: 4 Dec 90 22:37:41 GMT
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Organization: Tektronix TV Measurement Systems, Beaverton OR
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In article <31600010@hpcvra.cv.hp.com.CV.HP.COM>, everett@hpcvra.cv.hp.com.CV.HP.COM (Everett Kaser) writes:
> My understanding is that in order to double the baud rate, you simply
> halve the baud rate divisor.  Hence:
>     BAUD    DIVISOR
>	...
>     115200        1
> 

Some manufacturers do not guarantee their parts to operate with a divisor
of 1. National Semiconductors does not list it as an option (although,
in practice, it does work).