serial ports at >4800 baud?

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From: Robert Andrew Ryan
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:53

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I am trying to configure some RTs as X terminals to be connected to our
network via slip.  They are floor models and have two built in serial
ports, however I have been unable to get reliable results at over 4800
baud, I get garbage and dropped characters.

Also if I have hardware flow control set on in the modem once I connect
to our annex box it just sits there, if I switch the modem back to
XON/XOFF and disconnect and re-connect to the modem (before it drops the
annex connection) I get a bunch of backed up data from the annex.  When
connected to an RS/6000 9600 baud and hardware flow control seem to work
ok with the same annex.

I seem to remember reading a post here maybe a year ago about the chip
driving the serial line having only a 1 character buffer, but that it
was pin compatible with one with a 16 character buffer.  Or was that
about the 4 port serial card?

Any info greatly appreciated...

Thanks,
-Rob Ryan

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 13:53:19 -0400 
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Subject: serial ports at >4800 baud?
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