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Re: COM3/4 and 14400 BAUD in Quick Basic?

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From: Ronal Thompson
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 05:58
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>This sub program writes DIRECTLY to the uart.

>sets is the speed you want the uart set to.
>setp is the port.
>you MUST open the port FIRST (usually at 9600) then call this routine


>The speec that the uart ACTUALLY gets set to is returned in speed(setp)
>this allows you to compare what you want to what you got.
>(whatta ya mean I can't set the uart to 113.912 baud?!?!)

The constant xtal should be set to 1843200. This is the crystal
driving the uart. If you use an external frequency source to 
vary the uart speed, or to reach normally unobtainable rates, 
then change this constant accordingly

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