Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3470 mails)

[Bernd <bernd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, 25 September, 2003 08:23, Basil Chupin wrote:
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>
> The sending of a CR (carriage return) or LF (line feed) is a function of
> the modem (and the computer's software communicating with it) and is
> (normally) controlled by the S3 and S4 Registers. But I don't think this
> should be worrying you UNLESS what is below is not being done in SuSE.

Thanks!
>
> The only one which could be a worry is that one must always use RTS/CTS
> flow control -- also know as Hardware flow control -- and not use
> XON/XOFF flow control (the old Xmodem protocol related thing). See the
> explanations for these in your modem manual. But whether you read the
> manual or not, do NOT use XON/XOFF for data flow control :-).
>

Already being done!

> --
> Hire teenagers while they still know everything.

I told my son (14) about your signature.  He said, "Who is that guy?"  I told 
him he should know already;-)  He gave me a look and walked off.  How true it 
is.

-- 
"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather
wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them
to yearn for the vast and endless sea."

Antoine de St. Exupery