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From: cdold@starfish.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MS-kermit loosing characters at 19200 bps
Message-ID: <943@starfish.Convergent.COM>
Date: 16 Feb 89 00:44:25 GMT
References: <667@pkmab.se>
Organization: Convergent Technologies, San Jose, CA
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From article <667@pkmab.se>, by ske@pkmab.se (Kristoffer Eriksson):
> When I use MS-kermit (ver 2.3*) at 19200 bps on an ALR 386/220 or at
> 9600 bps on a Compaq Deskpro 286, and type anything at the same time
> as I receive something, kermit beeps at me an looses received characters.

I use MS-Kermit 2.31 at 9600, 19.2, and occasionally 38.4 on
both a 16MHz 386, and an 8MHz 286.
I have some dropped characters at 38.4k, but I'm not certain if it is the
fault of Kermit, as I also have trouble on a Link 220 terminal at 38.4.
At 19.2, on either PC-AT clone, I have no trouble.

If you are running UNIX, make sure that stty -a returns ixon ixoff -ixany.
The default on our systems is -ixoff ixany, the result being that
when Kermit gives an XOFF, your next keystroke is seen as IXANY, and turns
the flow back on.

Yes it does need XON/XOFF at 19.2, so does a DEC vt100 terminal.

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