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Article #1544Re: What's wrong with flow control?
From: Ron Natalie <ron>
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1986 00:05
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1986 00:05
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In article <1132@pyramid.UUCP>, csg@pyramid.UUCP (Carl S. Gutekunst) writes: > There was an alternative that never really caught on: ENQ/ACK handshake, where > it was the responsibility of the host to send an ENQ every 'n' characters, and > wait for the terminal to send an ACK. > > Of course, I'll bet that Gnumacs is already doing something special with ENQ > <CTRL-E> and ACK <CTRL-F>.... > Some terminals, TELETYPES probably starting this have ENQ labled as "WRU" (who are you) because when sent this sequence they send their "here is" or answerback sequence. VT100's support this as well, the message is set by doing "A" in the setup menu rather than snapping nubs off a drum and you can press ctrl-break instead of here-is. I always thought that setting the answer back to "HERE IS" was cute. -Ron
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!rutgers!brl-adm!brl-sem!ron From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: What's wrong with flow control? Message-ID: <502@brl-sem.ARPA> Date: Thu, 4-Dec-86 19:05:49 EST Article-I.D.: brl-sem.502 Posted: Thu Dec 4 19:05:49 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Dec-86 05:13:32 EST References: <3660001@nucsrl.UUCP> <7362@utzoo.UUCP> <1132@pyramid.UUCP> Organization: Electronic Brain Research Lab Lines: 17