From: muts@compi.hobby.nl (Peter Mutsaers) Subject: Re: Need help - Serial patch for .p11??? Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1993 10:20:44 GMT
>> On Fri, 30 Jul 1993 02:17:55 GMT, bmyers@shyguy.lonestar.org (bob
>> myers) said:
bm> Is there any reason why XON/XOFF is not implemented? From some
bm> messages i've seen posted, it appears that Linux only
bm> understands hardware flow control.
I'm not an expert on this so correct me if I'm wrong, but I think
XON/XOFF is not appropriate when sending news. The files are binary,
and the accidental ^S/^Q characters in the news files will screw the
flow control.
-- _____________________________________________ Peter Mutsaers, Bunnik (Ut), the Netherlands.