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From: davev@spked.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Using a PC for a terminal
Message-ID: <94@spked.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 13-Jun-87 21:30:25 EDT
Article-I.D.: spked.94
Posted: Sat Jun 13 21:30:25 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 14-Jun-87 05:47:14 EDT
References: <1149@carthage.swatsun.UUCP> <8601@tekecs.TEK.COM> <6828@mimsy.UUCP> <1075@laidbak.UUCP>
Organization: Sacramento Engineer District
Lines: 22
Summary: Wyse 75's do!

In article <1075@laidbak.UUCP>, katzung@laidbak.UUCP (Brian Katzung) writes:
] - From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy)
] - Some (all?) PC/clones cannot keep up with speeds > 4800 baud in the VT100
] - terminal emulator (they lose bursts of characters, even with Xon-Xoff flow
] - control).  You want a PC, you buy a PC.  You want a terminal, well, I hope
] - you get an AT&T terminal (plug plug :-) ).
] - -- 
] - |         dan Levy               |		vax135}!ttrdc!ttrda!levy
] 
] It sounds as if you're suggesting that any AT&T terminal will keep up at
] speeds greater than 4800 baud!  I have news for you:  not all of them do.
] The one I have in mind has no host flow control.
] Brian Katzung

Some terminals will keep up with 4800, or 9600, and a Wyse 75 keeps up pretty
darn well at 19200.  BTW, the AT&T terminals I've seen don't keep up
well, but I don't have exact figures.
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