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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HELP, PLEASE! pc locks up when doing file transfer over serial port
Date: 18 Aug 1995 11:30:53 +0200
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Matt Englehart <englehar@src.honeywell.com> wrote:
>I'm running the April snapshot of 2.0 on a pc that is hooked up to a
>network with the 3com 509b board. When I attempt to do a file transfer
>over the serial port, the machine hangs. Sometimes I get a warning: messages
>saying the silo buffer is overflowwing (I have a UART16550A). I am
>connceting with a 28800 modem, and between the pc and the modem I have
>tried 38400 and 115200.
Did you try to enforce hardware handshaking (remember: on _both_
sides, the computer, and the modem)?
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)