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Re: NNTP still giving massive levels of resent packets

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From: Guy Harrison
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 00:00
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 In article <830450710_OASIS_@land.demon.co.uk>
  Ali@land.demon.co.uk (Alistair Potter) said:-

> In article <830436946_OASIS_@irana.demon.co.uk>
>  postmaster@irana.demon.co.uk (postmaster@irana.demon.co.uk) said:-
>
>>Hi folks, please explain me what I am doing right;-) : newsfeed 2140 to 2400,
>>F030, TOS4.01, USR Sportster Vi14.400, FPATCH2 on top of HSMODM6 baud 115200,
>>Falcon NOS (or something like that),STARUP.NOS:
>># Attach the SLIP driver to the serial port 
>>#      if  port 0 slip dev buff MTU  baud
>>#      --- ---- - ---- --- ---- ---  ----
>>attach asy AUX: 0 ppp sl0 32767 4096  150
>                                        ^
>                                        |
>                                        *
>Shouldn't this baud'ie thing be higher? 
>Writ by a complete ignorant, but it looks odd to me.

No, it's how HSMODEM maps faster baud rates. The ST only knows about 
speeds up to 19200, so higher speeds are mapped onto the never used 
lower ones to keep the ST happy. Also, there are some speeds that Nos 
does not like - another reason for doing it.


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Guy Harrison

guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk

  
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From: guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk (Guy Harrison)
Subject: Re: NNTP still giving massive levels of resent packets
Date: 1996/04/25
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