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From: neil@odin.ucsd.edu (Neil Rhodes)
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Subject: Re: NetSerial + DeskWriter = OK?
Keywords: NetSerial, DeskWriter
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Date: 30 Dec 89 05:42:46 GMT
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In article <25995E05.29843@paris.ics.uci.edu> truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell) writes:
>Has anyone had experiance hooking a Hewlett Packard DeskWriter through
>a Shive NetSerial for shared use on a network? Can it be done, Does
>it work? Are there any problems? 
>
>I can't see why it wouldn't work, but things aren't always as 
>straightforward as they seem...
>
>  --scott
>
>--
>Scott Truesdell


No, you cannot use a Deskwriter with a NetSerial because Deskwriters run at 
57.6 Kbaud, while the NetSerial only runs at speeds up to 19.2 Kbaud.


Neil Rhodes

Palomar Software, Inc.
c/o UC San Diego