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From: RAF@CU.NIH.GOV (Roger Fajman)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco
Subject: Re:  SLIP on STS-10X terminal servers
Message-ID: <34368@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Date: 20 Apr 91 02:55:28 GMT
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>  While some TS vendors advertise the ability to operate all lines at
>  max speed in both directions concurrently, what this generally means
>  is that they are vastly over-engineered for the normal operating point
>  of a terminal server...
>
> And hence have higher life cycle cost....
>
> A good point.
>
> M

Yes, but implementing hardware flow control on the RS-232 interfaces
shouldn't cost much.