Flow control woes resolved

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 12:08:53 +0200


Hi,

On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 10:27:32PM -0600, Chip Atkinson wrote:
> I am writing to complete the process of figuring out the flow control
> problems that I was having.  The problem appeared to be on one machine,
> the one upon which I was installing mgetty.  The actual problem was on the
> connecting machine.  This machine is a Compaq Deskpro.  After determining
> that the Compaq had the UART problem, I talked to one of the sysadmins at
> work who said that the Compaqs are known to have problems such as these.
> Therefore, it was the Compaq's fault, no software or modem.

<Insert my usual compaq-hardware-rant here>

Well, the main thing is "we know what caused the problem now", and that's
good.

gert
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