Subj : Re: Looking For Bbs Clien
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Fri May 03 2024 00:26:07

  Re: Re: Looking For Bbs Clien
  By: MIKE POWELL to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Thu May 02 2024 08:18 am

 > I do wonder now what UART these USB-to-Serial cables are using (or
 > emulating).  It must be something smaller than the original chipsets. Based
 > on experience, I strongly suspect they are in the OK to bad category,
 > unfortunately.

I did some googling around - one line uses a ft232rq chip, which has a 256 byte receive and 128 byte transmit buffer. That compares well to the 16550, which I think had 16 byte buffers. The new cables should be able to keep up with 115.2K serial connections.
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