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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: TCP/IP on MIDI?
Message-ID: <4106@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 8 May 89 14:13:00 GMT
References: <1989May3.180345.6936@utzoo.uucp> <4076@ficc.uu.net> <1989May6.213417.20756@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <1989May6.213417.20756@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
> As for RS232, a fully-RS232C-conforming driver cannot in fact run much
> faster than 20 kbps (vs. MIDI's 31250) reliably.  Read the fine print about
> slew rate.

OK, RS-232 style EIA. Something-that-looks-like-RS232 that puts data on pins
2 and 3 of a DB-25. Let's not get too picky about details.

> With short cables and a favorable
> phase of the moon they'll sometimes run at 38400, but that's about it.

The 262000-baud maximum on the Amiga serial port must be an illusion, then.
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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