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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: <4135@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 10 May 89 14:06:52 GMT
References: <1989May3.180345.6936@utzoo.uucp> <4076@ficc.uu.net> <1989May9.184646.2106@utzoo.uucp>
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In article <1989May9.184646.2106@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
> >The 262000-baud maximum on the Amiga serial port must be an illusion, then.

> No, it's the result of not conforming to the standards, pure and simple.
> What is gained is speed; what is lost is reliability and interoperability.

It certainly seems reliable and it interoperates quite happily with RS232 at
RS232 speeds, and with MIDI at MIDI speeds.

The wonderful thing about RS232 is all the subsets :->.

Do you have data to back up this claim about reliability and interoperability,
or do you just have a problem with the Amiga?
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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