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- From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Can you lock DTE at 76,800 bps? Is that a valid speed?
- Message-ID: <XqcRXB1w165w@zswamp.UUCP>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 21:57:44 EST
- References: <1993Jan17.220224.28096@etek.chalmers.se>
- Organization: Izot's Swamp
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- tl@etek.chalmers.se (Torbj|rn Lindgren) writes:
-
- > First you have to find a modem that is able to output characters to
- > the serial-port at that kind of speeds, and that isn`t going to be
- > easy. I haven`t single highspeed modem that is able to do that, and
- > that includes all modem built by USR.
-
- USR may make fine modems, but don't assume that they're tops in any
- particular category! In particular, the fact that USR's top DTE speed is
- 57600 bps doesn't mean that there aren't any faster DTEs. If I remember
- correctly, Telebit's WorldBlazer will speak 115200 bps, though I'd normally be
- the first to comment that it's drastic overkill.
-
- Geoffrey Welsh, 7 Strath Humber Court, Islington, Ontario, M9A 4C8 Canada
- geoff@zswamp.uucp, [xenitec.on.ca|m2xenix.psg.com]!zswamp!geoff (416)258-8467
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