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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: TMN-netnews update
Message-ID: <1989Apr29.224526.22914@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1RH0R8#4BF6fX=eric@snark.uu.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 89 22:45:26 GMT

In article <1RH0R8#4BF6fX=eric@snark.uu.net> eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond) writes:
>Result? The 'blazer has to have S58=0 (no handshake) or S58=3 (XON/XOFF) set
>for the T5100 to even *open* it -- and XON/XOFF isn't usable because the start
>and stop chars are in-band for UUCP's 'g' protocol. Without handshaking
>dropped characters are inevitable. Massive lossage either way.

Aha, a chance to catch Eric in an error! :-)  The uucp-spoofing mode in the
Trailblazer, when it kicks in, shuts XON/XOFF off, so there is no conflict.
With a packet protocol running between host and modem, you don't need any
low-level handshaking if your host interface is halfway well built.
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