Xref: utzoo comp.unix.sysv386:5317 comp.dcom.modems:8408 Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!emory!iccdev!gwinnett!todd From: todd@gwinnett.UUCP (Todd Reese) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Equinox hardware flow control Message-ID: <1991Feb19.153604.13096@gwinnett.UUCP> Date: 19 Feb 91 15:36:04 GMT References: <1991Feb14.134714.5407@nstar.rn.com> <30021@zygot.ati.com> Organization: Gwinnett Computer Services, Atlanta(Duluth), Georgia Lines: 34 In article todd@Quotron.COM (Todd_Booth) writes: >john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) writes: >>According to the Equinox manual, flow control is not supported... >>I am using the Equinox Megaport without flow control for five >>Trailblazers and ISC. It has absolutely no difficulty whatsoever. > >I assume you have the modem drop the interface speed down to the link >speed. Otherwise, when sending files _from_ ISC to a remote host (with >the link lower than the interface), your modem will drop many characters. > >> John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 >> john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o ! >-- >todd (booth) > >todd@quotron.com 213 302-4368 You know what happens when you assume!.... Trailblazers do not need flow control when using UUCP. The modem has UUCP -g protocol built in. This is what makes it able to produce output with PEP mode of 19200 baud. At a lower link speed (e.g. 2400 baud) the UUCP from the host computer to the remote is handled directly. --- Todd F. Reese Gwinnett Computer Services Duluth, GA 30136 emory!gwinnett!todd gatech!dscatl!gwinnett!todd