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From: cox@software.org (Guy Cox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: How to set serial port to 115k baud?
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Date: 9 Jan 91 16:47:38 GMT
References: <1991Jan5.034731.15478@d.cs.okstate.edu> <1839@gold.gvg.tek.com> <3815@ns-mx.uiowa.edu>
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In article <3815@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> williams@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu.UUCP (Kent Williams) writes:
> In article <1839@gold.gvg.tek.com> grege@gold.gvg.tek.com (Greg Ebert) writes:
> >
> > ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) writes:
> >#Any one know how to set a serial port to 115k baud?  I know how to 
> >#set it up to 9600 baud and do i/o.  But I have seen some software
> >#use it at 115k.  How do you do it?  Please also provide any
> >#general serial port hints you have (that is not found in
> >#Norton's PC Programmer book).
> >#
> >
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I seem to recall doing this several years ago using either Procom 4.2 or
Kermit 2.6 and sending the data to a Mac Plus running Red Ryder. I cheated
and converted the RS-422 on the Mac to an RS-423 and running a twisted
pair 10 feet or so.... Worked like a champ.



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