How to speed up uucp with Telebits(only get 9600 out of 386)

Jonathan Bayer jbayer at ispi.UUCP
Fri Jul 14 22:29:24 AEST 1989


macy at fmsystm.UUCP (Macy Hallock) writes:

>In following all this discussion about getting better throughput on
>Telebit Trailblazers, I'd like to know:

>How can I get a simple cheap 19,200 bps serial port on my 80386
>running SCO Xenix 2.3.1?

>The /etc/gettydef seems to allow only for operation to 9600.
>Do I need special hardware?  I am using simple, dumb serial
>cards (8250).

>What do I need to modify in Xenix?



Find the line in /etc/gettydefs which refers to the speed EXTA.  That is
19200 baud.   Make the change in /etc/ttys (for logins).  Make the
change in your /usr/lib/uucp/Devices file (and possibly
/usr/lib/uucp/Systems) for uucp.


JB
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