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From: louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: notes for people installing NeXT SLIP
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.164455.1459@ni.umd.edu>
Date: 27 Jun 91 16:44:55 GMT
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In article <1991Jun27.100914.1@capd.jhuapl.edu> waltrip@capd.jhuapl.edu writes:
>	I am planning to try to connect to VAX/VMS systems
>	running TGV Multinet which I would expect to support XON/XOFF (since that
>	is the standard VAX/VMS mode). 

If you're gonna use SLIP, you must have an 8 bit transparent serial connection.
That means that you cannot use XON/XOFF for flow control.  Really.

Now, with PPP, you can get around this particular problem..

louie