Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Dec 2000 23:31:47 -0600 (CST) | From | Mark Orr <> | Subject | Re: Dropping chars on 16550 |
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On 11-Dec-2000 Igmar Palsenberg wrote: > On Sun, 10 Dec 2000 clock@ghost.btnet.cz wrote: > >> Hi folks >> >> What should I do, when I run cdda2wav | gogo (riping CD from a ATAPI >> CD thru mp3 encoder) and get a continuous dropping of characters, on a >> 16550- >> enhanced serial port, without handshake, with full-duplex load of 115200 >> bps? >> About 1 of 320 bytes is miscommunicated. > > Use handshaking
Heh...do what I did. Go on eBay and pick up a Hayes ESP card.
I have a fairly weak system by todays standards, and I found that even with a 16550 serial port, I'd get tcp/ip errors in my logs (and lots of 'em).
They never wrote decent ESP drivers for Windows, but the Linux drivers are superb. I popped it in, configured it, and the tcp errors vanished...not a single one in the 10 months I've owned it.
It bugs me that they're making PC's w/o ISA cards now, because I dont wanna give up my Hayes ESP. Based on what I saw, a 16550 with it's tiny 16-byte buffer, isnt enough.
(yes, I'm stuck with POTS+PPP. Cable modems are available... but the ISP is @Hoax. Yuck. The only DSL grade I can get is IDSL -- $70/month. Double yuck.)
-- Mark Orr markorr@intersurf.com
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