Hello Rick!
Tuesday July 08 1997 21:13, Rick Collins wrote to Edward Rutledge:
 RC> Absolutely _wrong_.  A 286 can handle data much much faster than a 33.6
 RC> modem can hope to provide it.  Even a 4 Mhz 8086 has no problem with the
 RC> data rate from a 33.6.  Problems with those speeds on older hardware is
 RC> usually correctable by replacing the non-buffered UART (either an 8250 
r
 RC> 16450) with a buffered UART like the 16550.
That's interesting, because my roomie, who's a TECH for a local computer 
store, told me that our old Commodore Colt (an old 8086 CPU machine) would 
not be capable of handling anything more than a 14.4 modem....even with a 
16550 UARTed serial port.
Please forgive this question, but what are your qualifications to discuss 
whether or not a certain CPU can handle a 14.4? I mean no disrespect, simply 
I don't know you, and I came in late on this discussion. :)
        John
... "He's DEAD, Jim. Get his ears." - Spock
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