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From: root@zswamp.uucp (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: 4.77MHz PC sufficient for 19200 bps modem?
Message-ID: <272.286D57EC@zswamp.uucp>
Date: 29 Jun 91 16:19:35 GMT
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Organization: Izot's Swamp BBS (FidoNet), Kitchener, Ontario
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In a letter to All, Bill Vermillion (bill@bilver.uucp ) wrote:

 >In article <243.2861EA82@zswamp.uucp> root@zswamp.uucp 
 >(Geoffrey Welsh) writes:
>In a letter to All, Jonathan Hardwick (jch+@cs.cmu.edu ) wrote:
>> >....  Is the PC going to be able to keep up with 19200 bps?

>Answer: 9600 probably, 19200 probably not.

 >The biggest problem is in software.

   I don't mean to jup on you in particular, because I've seen that response 
from several people and, I admit, it's 100% correct.  However, it may not be 
all that helpful...

   The average user already has a favorite terminal program (perhaps he 
bought it, perhaps registered it as shareware), and suggesting a change of 
software (especially if it's not commonly available) means that the user must 
uproot and re-invest.

   On the other hand, a 16550 is never a bad investment if you do 9600+ bps 
async transfers on a regular basis, and comm packages that support the '550 
are - I would think! - more common than those that would handle 19,200 or 
38,400 on their own.

   Therefore I usually recommend a '550 as an inexpensive way to get the high 
transfer rates without spending for or re-learning a new terminal program.
 

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