serial sustained speed (115kBauds)

[Howard Gibson]

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 23:16:19 +0300 (IDT)
Peter <plp-ysDPMY98cNQDDBjDh4tngg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> has anyone here got experience with sustained 115.2 kBauds on PCs 
> running Linux ? With 16550A compatible USARTs ? I would like to know 
> what to expect drop-wise. I.e. whether a normally loaded (<0.5) machine 
> can cope with sustained speed of such magnitude. Anyexperiences will be 
> welcome. Sustained means hours or days at this speed (f.ex. driving HDLC 
> synchronous link or similar).
> 
> Peter

Peter,

   I used to transfer information between my desktop (PII/350) and laptop (P233) using a serial cable.  I used 115KB, and Zmodem as my transfer protocol.  

   Usually, it worked.  If my transfer failed, I simply tried again.  This may not be good enough for you.

   I have not done this since I acquired a USB pen flash. 

   I seem to recall reading the old Serial-HOWTO by Greg Hankins, and ignoring the more recent ones. This has been updated since, and the new version may be more helpful. 

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