Hi there,

On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Stas Sergeev wrote:

> Bernie Gardner wrote:
> > slow to keep up.  Is there a way to speed up the com port?
> Probably no - emulation is an emulation.
> It works quite fast in a FIFO mode (buffering),

I do not think FIFO buffering will help a program which manipulates
the DTR line directly, as the UART is not actually sending data in
the normal way - it's just being used as a 1-bit data latch.

[snip]

> You can always try to use a direct access to the com ports
> (bypassing an emulation) but it is not something that is recommended
> for the real use.  Try setting $_hogthreshold to 0, maybe that will
> help a bit.

Unless you can get the source for the program and recompile it for
Linux, I think direct access is the best way to go in this case.

73,
Ged.

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