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From: perv@flash.emf.mcgill.ca (Irwin Roger Gibson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Highest com port speed
Keywords: com ports, baud rate
Message-ID: <1992Jul20.231857.17659@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>
Date: 20 Jul 92 23:18:57 GMT
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Hello. Does anyone know what is the highest baud rate that
is supported in 386bsd 0.1? I have 0.1 running on a 486 with com1 and
com2. It is connected via a slip line to an IBM model 60 running ka9q,
which is on the internet. Ftp and telnet works fine.
However it seems that the highest speed supported is 38400.
Will this be changed in a later release?
I tried to bring up 0.1 and 0.0 on my personal computer. It
is a 386-20 clone, with a Phoenix bios. Its a rather old one, with no
memory on the mother board. It refuses to boot the dist.fs disk.
It reads the disk for a while, and then just stops, with nothing on the
screen (no welcoming message or anything). It has an IDE drive, but the
bios does not support it entirely. I'm using type 33 in the bios as the
closest match.
Does this sound like a bios problem? And can I just remove the
bios chips and plug in new ones? What information about my computer
must I know before I try to order new bios chips?
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Irwin Gibson
perv@emf.lan.mcgill.ca
perv@flash.emf.mcgill.ca