Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!dalcs!dalcsug!grenfell
From: grenfell@dalcsug.UUCP (Phil Grenfell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: DECSERVER 200's and dial in/out modems
Message-ID: <278@dalcsug.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jan 88 04:49:09 GMT
References: <57rrk@byuvax.bitnet> <218@icus.UUCP>
Reply-To: grenfell@dalcsug.UUCP (Phil Grenfell)
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada
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I have done alot of work on TANDEM computers that do *not* allow you to
change the baud rate of the serial ports without shutting down the
entire computer and running a SYSGEN program that takes about an hour.

Our solution to these autobaud problems was to buy Paradyne modems. Paradyne 
has a line of Hayes compatable modems that allow you to fix the
host-modem baud rate independantly of the modem-(remote modem) baud rate.
For example you could set your hosts serial port to 9600b and not worry
about what speed people dial into you at or what speed you connect at when
dialing out. These are the only modems I know of that do this and it is
a really super feature. 

Note: I am not related to Paradyne Corp. in any way. I'm just a satisfied
      customer.