Ray, at 15:17 on Jul 07 1996, you wrote to Peter Collis ...

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

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

Need??? It depends on the environment.  I successfully ran this BBS on a
16450 for some months when I first got my 28,800 modem (under DOS). I had
the port speed set at 38,400.

David
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