19 Jun
2012
19 Jun
'12
3:49 a.m.
On 19/06/2012 07:31, SPC wrote:
*sigh*
It's also entirely possible that the demand for synchronous serial
comms over RS-232 lines is so small that the entire roster of
interested parties would fit on a very short bus, so please chime in
if you still use sync serial below 64kbps for anything. I'm curious
to know who does and what devices they have.
I think that the "demand"
could be there, but devices to implement are
not. So I end up using simulated sync over TCP/IP 99.99% of the time.
The only (well as far as I know) syncronous capable device(s) I have are
a couple of IBM 3174 screens. What I don't have is any way to connect
them to my Windows PC, Linux PC or SUN Solaris box. Even if I had some
sync cards then I would still be left with the issues of writing drivers
for Hercules and as there doesn't seem to be a standard for these cards
I would need a driver for each type of card.
What I end up doing is going TN3270 over IP on Token Ring which really
is a big fiddle.
-ethan
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Dave Wade G4UGM
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