PETER, at 18:13 on Sep 05 1996, you wrote to PETER COLLIS ...

PC>> WB> I have a 386 with an ordinary Serial Port.  Currently, 
PC>> WB> I have a 2400 modem and I am thinking of buying a faster 
PC>> WB> one.  Could anyone tell me the maximum speed of modem 
PC>> WB> which would work with my computer.

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

PH> Get off the grass!

PH> With a 8250 or 16450 UART he'd be lucky to properly support 
PH> a V32 modem, let alone V34 or V34+ modem!

Only if you run in one of the more processor resource wasting environments.
 I successfully ran this BBS for some months on a 16450 when I first got my
28,800 modem, under DOS without any problems whatsoever.

David
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