Re: tlug: pppd on Sparc RedHat 4.2

[Chris Sekiya <chris@example.com>]

On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Jonathan Byrne wrote:

> 38400 isn't enough to keep with a fast modem.

Nah.  That's what handshaking is for.

> If the serial ports on the classic will go faster than that, set the
> port speed to 57600 or 115200 and see if that helps.

Decent serial performance wasn't a sparc design consideration.  The UART
(Zilog 8530) can handle higher speeds, but it's not clocked fast enough.
ISTR that 76800bps can be achieved under certain conditions, but usually
you're constrained to 38400.

-- Chris

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