> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 15:59:53 +0200
> From: DAVE.SMS@MVHI.COM
> To: LINUX-KERNEL@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: GSM short message from DAVE.SMS@MVHI.COM
>
>
> WITH LINUX OR RT-LINUX, IS IT POSSIBLE TO SEND 256 CHARS OUT A 16550A UART WITH NO GAPS BETWEEN THEM? NOT EVEN 1 IDLE BIT, AND <0.3% BIT RATE DEVIATION.
>
> --
> DAVID WOODHOUSE
> SOFTWARE ENGINEER
> AXIOM (CAMBRIDGE) LTD.
> +44 976 658355
> Email: DAVE.SMS@MVHI.COM
No, Linux can do it in lowercase, or with the odd capital every
40 characters or so, but capital letters generate codes that have
more bits turned on resulting in a higher draw on the UART. Many
PC's have faulty UART's that can't supply the needed current, at
least not continuously.
;o)
Say, I've got 4 Commodore 64's here, all the cables, 2 monitors,
and tonnes of programming references, schematics, assembly books,
you name it... Would you be interested in buying them?
<GRIN>
Sorry, I just have a weird sick sense of humor today.. ;o) I am
serious about those 64's though. And one VIC-20 too.
;o)
-- Mike A. Harris - Computer Consultant - Linux advocateEscape from the confines of Microsoft's operating systems and push your PC to it's limits with LINUX - a real OS. http://www.redhat.com
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