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- From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: RE: GATEWAY TELEPATH MODE
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.020601.63284@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 02:06:00 MDT
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- <leadin omitted>
- > > factor amongst the many vendors. The basic Kermit serial port
- > > operations have been successful for many many years, and still are
- > > on quality modems. Thus the current crop have trouble behaving as
- > > even a cheap UART.
- >
- > <sigh> The fact remains that most comm programs do NOT have problems
- > with the "current crop" of modems. And where is it written that a
- > modem be able to accept any command sequence at the maximum speed of
- > the UART? "Methinks the lady doth protest too much!" <grin>
- >
- > Best regards,
- > John
- >
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- Clarifying, there are two types of commands: in/out instructions
- to program the UART internal registers, and the user level AT style to
- configure it's higher level of operation. The in/out kind should operate
- at normal PC bus speed, 8MHz, with only a tiny breathing space between
- them. Some of the new crop of modems die with that treatment, and that's
- the treatment the Bios also delivers during bootup. Fall back is to do
- the in/outs with very long pauses between, much unlike real UARTs. In
- addition, when the unit fails to be initialied by the Bios during boot up
- then the comms program has to step in and whump it with a full reset, unlike
- real UARTs. The second level, AT... stuff, is at the normal speed of PC to
- modem comms, and until a data connnection is going some of the new crop want
- the AT stuff at a very slow pace, say several characters/sec and not much
- faster.
- The PC sees internal modems as UARTs, and it sees external ones
- through the PC's UARTs; a UART in all cases. Thus internal modems ought to
- fulfill the job of being a UART, yes? Some do, some have a real struggle.
- Also see Bert Tyler's interesting message today on the same topic.
- Joe D.
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