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to: Alan L Mouat
from: David Drummond
date: 1996-03-07 22:35:40
subject: Stuff this up yer port

Alan, at 09:39 on Mar 06 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley ...

ALM> Not that I want to get involved in the modem wars, but you 
ALM> lot did discuss the port speed at one time so I changed 
ALM> mine the other day from 19200 to 32400.

ALM> Over several days the transfer rate was down by approx 
ALM> 300cps, so I've put it back to 19200 and it's fine again.

ALM> What's the story with that one?  I always thought that 
ALM> faster was better.

Interupt overrun.  Your UART cannot handle the high speed and drops bytes
thus causing the software to resend that piece.

David
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