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 >In <Apr.12.13.47.28.1990.7927@pilot.njin.net>, limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) writes:
 >You asked "why do term program permit high baud-rates when they can't
 >handle them?"  Well, it's because most aren't tested at high baud
 >rates.  Commercial software does get good testing and you'll only see
 >the baud rates listed that they can actually do.  (Oops, I should say
 >"*good* commercial software gets good testing).  If you notice, 
 >VT100 2.9A only lists the tested baud rates.  The next version will
 >include 19.2Kbps because I've tested it at that rate.

Well, there's testing and then there's testing, and there's different
conditions... One reason Aterm 7.3.1 has 19,200 and MIDI is because it works at
those speeds, reliably. Of course I would throw in a caveat or two, saying that
it will not handle those rates while printing to screen and having a sustained
data stream arriving. I would aslo recommend that the serial buffer as set in
preferences be at the highest setting available (currently 16K). I might also
have a 'mileage may vary' disclaimer stating that these rates are attainable on
my system, with particular hardware attached (disk controllers, etc.), and
under the conditions I usually run (other tasks, other IO, etc.).

So, not all terminal programs have those rates on the menu just for show or
just because they haven't been tested.

>[comments about ASDG's serial board.. deleted]

I agree. ASDG puts out nice stuff.

-larry

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