PS> Hi!

 PS> Do I have to do anything "out of the ordinary" to be 
 PS> able to communicate via 
 PS> the modem at high speed? I've got this example-
 PS> application that only goes to 
 PS> 19200, and I've heard that on DTEs over 19200 you have to be an expert on 
 PS> modem communication, to be able to use compression, is 
 PS> this true? Or is it 
 PS> just a matter of setting the baud rate to 115200 or whatever.

 PS> (The reason I am asking, is that I plan on beginning on 
 PS> this project of mine 
 PS> that will require me to write high speed com-funcs).

 PS> Thank you very much!

I have a simple program that writes to the serial port.  In C++ it goes
something like this:

#include a few headers as appropriate (i.e., I'm too lazy)

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
  if (argc < 2)
    return -1;

  ULONG ulComHandle = strtol(argv[1], NULL, 0);

  ofstream ofComPort(ulComHandle);

  ofComPort << "See this through the com port" << endl;

  return 0;
}

This worked just fine - even at a locked baud rate of 115200, connected at
any speed between 2400 baud and 33.6k (I haven't tested it slower than
2400...).

In fact, it runs between Blinky and Maximus to tell the user what speed *I*
think s/he's connected at, as well as my BBS motto:

I'm going crazy, and I'm taking you with me.

So, no, there's nothing special.  The "special" stuff comes if
you want to handle RPI modems (on your end - the other side doesn't
matter)... :-/

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