From: Keith Smith (keith@ksmith.uucp)
Date: 03/18/93 

From: keith@ksmith.uucp (Keith Smith)
Subject: Re: High speed serial ports (>38400)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1993 13:49:54 GMT

In article <1nkkb3$dn2@smurf.sub.org> urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) writes:
>I'd rather use one of the unused Bxxxx speeds for this. For instance,
>does anybody use an interface speed of 4800 baud? Or 1800? Or anything
>below 300?
>
>Some Unix drivers for "smart" boards, eg. Digiboard, also do this.

Yea, and some unix software DOESN't Like to set up B50 UUCP dialouts
(SCO comes to mind).

I think someone should just redefine those low numbers that are really
*NEVER* used anymore in the headers:

B50,B75,B110,B150

to

B57K, B110K, B220K, B440K

and just forget it.

Of course then we get to fix stty, and getty, and ... 

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