From: bd970@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Barry E. Boone)
Subject: Re: Barry Boone
Reply-To: bd970@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Barry E. Boone)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 15:22:31 GMT


In a previous article, andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Andrew webster) says:

>bd970@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Barry E. Boone) writes:
>
>- 
>- In a previous article, rdg@po.CWRU.Edu (Robert D. Gilpin) says:
>- 
>- >
>- >In a previous article, bd970@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Barry E. Boone) says:
>- > 
>- >>I am using a USR Dual Standard on my TI Rs232... to use the flow control,
>- >>I had to wire a custom cable, then write the low level assembler code to ma
>- >>it work (I wrote my own Ymodem-g-batch protocol)... In other words, what yo
>- >>want to do can be done... just not readily.
>- >>
>- >>Barry
>- >>
>- > 
>- > 
>- >Barry, has anyone ever said how amazing you are?
>- >
>- >
>- >-- 
>- >    Sig file under repair.
>- >
>- >
>- >
>- 
>- <grin> I just did not want to have to hook the USR modem up to an
>- "Irritatingly Bothersome Machine (IBM)"
>- 
>- Actually, I am using the USR on my Geneve, not a TI... the TI is capable of
>- doing high speed file transfers, but would get hopelessly bogged on screen
>- access at speeds exceeding 9600 baud...
>- 
>- What is needed is for Charles Earl to release the source code to TELCO,
>- so that people can modify it for the hardware flow control, etc.
>- 
>- By the way, one does not need hardware flow control, unless you are either
>- (A) using a streaming protocol (i.e. Ymodem-G-Batch), or trying to capture
>- continuous ASCII, and your modem can't be programmed for XON/XOFF. (this is
>- the "flow control" that TELCO uses... it only works during logging to disk.)
>- Also, the Circular interrupt on a TI can't keep up above about 2400-4800
>- baud, (or 9600 if you try to use the CIB for a file xfer).
>- 
>- Bottom line... there is no reason the TI cannot be used with a high speed
>- modem... just a matter of writing the software to do it.
>- 
>- Barry
>- 
>- P.S. Ignore the U6637AP account in my .sig
>- 
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>- Barry Boone --- bd970@Cleveland.Freenet.EDU
>-                 76354.1637@Compuserve.com
>-                 U6637AP@VMS.UCC.OKSTATE.EDU (preferred)
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>
>SO. Your saying that if, say, I, was able to get Charles to release the 
>source to Telco, that you would work it over for us all? That we might be 
>able to use MNP 5 and .42bis tec.. with our TI-99/4A's???
>
>Well Barry? Cause we need what Joe in a previous message was talking 
>about. Up dated Telco, 24 pin/laser driver support etc... And it happens 
>that, well, your a brain! We need your brain!
>     __@  __@
>   _-\<, -\<,_
>  (_)/---|/-(_)  --==>> ANDY <<==--
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Yes, if you can get Charles to release the source, I would be more than happ
to support it. 

Barry

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