Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nbires!hao!gatech!purdue!umd5!mimsy!chris
From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Trailblazer, flow control, DMF32
Message-ID: <10433@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 88 15:37:59 GMT
References: <272@coherent.uucp> <3249@cbmvax.UUCP>
Distribution: comp
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <3249@cbmvax.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>WARNING: Ultrix UUCP translates ='s in the "phone" number to commas,
>apparently as an attempt to provide a dialer independent "pause"
>capability.

(And companies wonder why we insist on source for their `improved'
systems!)

>BTW, anybody have any ideas on what's a good cheap interface to support
>the Trailblazer on a Vax?

The Able DH/DM, while old, works fine.

>The DMF32 has a little baby FIFO ....  I wonder if there's any legit
>way to enable the "hardware" X-on/X-off support on the DMF32?

Beware; some clones (Emulex CS21/F, I think), and perhaps even DEC DMFs
(I noted anomalous behaviour when I tried it), had bugs in the hardware
flow control.  Nobody noticed until VMS V4.0, when DEC first started to
use the feature.
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