What's the fastest I can reliably run my AST's serial port?

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From: Charles Blair
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 1991 02:02

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I have an AST Premium 386/16. Various written sources lead me to
believe that older PCs could reliably be run up to 9600 baud. Can
machines such as my AST be reliably run at 19.2 Kb? (I.e., do current
chip specs support such speeds?)

Thanks. Please respond by e-mail and I'll summarize.

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