david, at 02:16 on Feb 25 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Why &K9 (supposedly "failsafe" XON/XOFF _and_ CTS/RTS
flow control) ?

db> &K   Flow Control
db> = 0 Off
db> = 3 RTS/CTS flow control
db> = 4 XON/XOFF flow control
db> = 5 Transparent XON/XOFF flow control
db> = 9*Auto CTS or XOFF (to DTE only)

Looks much the same as the M5 series too.

db> I had &K3 with the M7F, but had some initial problems when I
first got the 
db> M34F - can't remember exactly what the cause was, but in the end I was 
db> using &K9 without any problems, so it's stayed at that.

Strange, as many people in the NetComm_Support echo actually stated that
&K3 was far more reliable than the default &K9.  Can't speak from
personal experience here though.

BG> I hear that &K3 is considerably more reliable on the NetComm.

db> Wassit mean, "more reliable"?  I'm not dropping characters
or experiencing 
db> wierd pauses - is that "more reliable"?  :-)

Sure sounds like it.  :)

BG> Perhaps that's why my average transfer rate from Paul this morning was
BG> less than 400 cps.  :(

db> I thought he was using &K3?  Maybe Paul should try &K9 after all.

Dunno, I thought he was using the default &K9 myself.

Regards, Bill

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