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From: jgreco@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Joe Greco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Simultaneous disk & RS-232 access
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Date: 3 Feb 89 07:29:21 GMT
References: <1939@pur-phy>
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In comp.sys.cbm article <1939@pur-phy>, ray@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu (Ray Moody) wrote:
>    Writing faster serial routines is not the right way to speed up a
>communications protocol.  Even with super-fast serial I/O, 100% efficiency
>cannot be obtained.  In order to reach 100% efficiency, it is necessary to
>write serial routines that are not affected by the RS-232 interrupts.

That's what Geoff and I are talking about.  Geoff suggested that his
"FASTERM" drivers might be able to exist within the timeout limits of
the serial bus, which would mean that it just might be possible!

(theory and real life are different things, of course)  :-)

.									JG
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