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From: Greg Neill
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:31

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Hello,
  I am having some trouble with my communications software under
Windows.  I have tried XTALK as well as the TERMINAL program that comes
with Windows, and both show symptoms of not being able to keep up with a
9600 baud interface.  The hardware platform is a '386DX at 33MHZ with an
internal Hayes 9600 baud modem.

  Typically if, say, a full page of output is being received, then
portions (whole lines) will be missing.  Refreshing the page
(retransmitting it) sometimes works, but most often there are other
'holes' left in the data.  Looks suspiciously like a buffering problem.

  So what gives?  Is it the software?  Is Windows sucking so much CPU
that my machine can't handle 9600 baud transfers?  

  Maybe someone can recommend a NON Windows communications package?
 

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  Greg Neill,                      |
  HNSX Supercomputers  Inc.        |   THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
  ynecgan@cid.aes.doe.ca           |         oh, sorry.

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From: ynecgan@cid.aes.doe.CA (Greg Neill)
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Message-ID: <1992Dec30.193133.3446@cid.aes.doe.CA>
Summary: communications software can't keep up
Keywords: modem, xtalk, windows, PC
Sender: G. Neill
Organization: HNSX Supercomputers Inc.
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 19:31:33 GMT
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