Hi Peter,

 PC> If by an 'ordinary serial port' you mean a 16450 or 8250 UART then you
 PC> should be able to run a 28k8 or 33k6 modem without problems as long as
 PC> you don't run a multitasker (win/Desqview/OS2 etc) 

This will cause data overruns and loss on an 8250 UART. You need a 16550
UART to receive data at greater than 19200bps.

l8r

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