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From: bill@bilver.UUCP (bill vermillion)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: modems dmf-32s
Message-ID: <483@bilver.UUCP>
Date: 31 Mar 89 18:29:36 GMT
References: <400@lclark.UUCP} <420@uwslh.UUCP>
Reply-To: bill@bilver.UUCP (bill vermillion)
Organization: W. J. Vermillion, Winter Park, FL
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In article <420@uwslh.UUCP} dem@uwslh.UUCP (David E. Miran) writes:
}In <400@lclark.UUCP> dan@lclark writes
}> 
}> What I'm trying to do is to connect some 1200/2400 baud modems to our
}> VAX 750 (4.3bsd unix) to use as dial-in ports.  (The modems are
}> 'Hayes compatible' Practical Peripherals...)
}There is a very satisfactory solution to this possible (if you are willing
}to buy better modems).
}Get some Multitech MT224EH modems (or better yet MT696EH).
... 
}...   They can answer the phone
}at speeds of 300, 1200, 2400, 4800 ( with MNP 5 compression) (also 9600
}and 19,200 for the MT696EH) while always talking to the computer at a fixed
}speed (like 9600).  The modem then uses xon/xoff to do flow control.
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^
Which will break uucp transfer.  Can this modem be set not to use flow control
and just have the system protocols take over?

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Bill Vermillion - UUCP: {uiucuxc,hoptoad,petsd}!peora!rtmvax!bilver!bill
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