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Article #2302Re: Sun's ZS chips (was Re: Old Sun question - HELP!!!!!)
From: Theo de Raadt
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:54
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:54
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In article <1993Jan10.150522.8160@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> lindh@uhasun.hartford.edu (Andrew Lindh) writes: In article <1993Jan9.022926.26234@siemens.com>, aad@siemens.com (Anthony Datri) writes: > > >Why the heck did Sun not put better serial chips in their new machines?? > >Isn't it obvious by now that the Zilog chips SUCK? > > What's so terrible about the Zilog chips? > ======================================================================8--< On a Sun the highest standard speed is 38.4K!!! You can't get to 57.6K...... Yes, you can get 57.6K. That's a software problem, (ie. B50, B9600, no B57600). The real problem is that supporting new-style bidirectional flow control on those chips is 1) difficult and 2) not done by Sun. Which means modems don't work as well as they should and could. <tdr. -- This space not left unintentionally unblank. deraadt@newt.cuc.ab.ca
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!gumby!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!acs.ucalgary.ca!cpsc.ucalgary.ca!xenlink!newt.cuc.ab.ca!deraadt From: deraadt@newt.cuc.ab.ca (Theo de Raadt) Subject: Re: Sun's ZS chips (was Re: Old Sun question - HELP!!!!!) In-Reply-To: lindh@uhasun.hartford.edu's message of Sun, 10 Jan 1993 15: 05:22 GMT Message-ID: <DERAADT.93Jan10155400@newt.newt.cuc.ab.ca> Sender: news@newt.cuc.ab.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: newt.fsa.ca Organization: little lizard city References: <rcaldwel.726296968@ponder> <1993Jan6.115253.19572@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <1993Jan9.022926.26234@siemens.com> <1993Jan10.150522.8160@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:54:00 GMT Lines: 21