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From: greg@xios.XIOS.UUCP (Greg Franks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Serial Port problems with microPort System V/286 2.2U
Message-ID: <309@xios.XIOS.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-May-87 18:31:22 EDT
Article-I.D.: xios.309
Posted: Wed May 27 18:31:22 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 30-May-87 05:29:19 EDT
References: <307@xios.XIOS.UUCP>
Reply-To: greg@sdn.UUCP (Greg Franks)
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In article <307@xios.XIOS.UUCP> greg@xios.UUCP (I) write:
>With Microport's Unix System V (release 2.2U) running on a genuine IBM PC
>AT, select a free port on the com1 board and spawn a getty process on
>it.  Connect a 9600 baud terminal to the  port.  "cat" a large file to
>the port.  Output to the terminal will hang after a random amount of
>data has been transmitted.  This phenomena can also be observed when
>scrolling through a file using vi.  Typing any character causes output to
>resume.  


Well - we just got some new IBM PC AT's from whereever, with genuine
comm boards, and the problem magically went away.  Never trust a
rental...

  :-(
  
  :-(

  :-(

  :-(

*** sigh ***


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