According to the spec it's not supposed to go faster than 9600 ( the spec
was written in the 50s or 60s, when hardcopy terminals were the norm, and
300 baud modems hadn't been dreamed of yet (110 baud!).

But, I've got a Bitsurfr Pro that does 115.2, and up to 512k or so.  :)

Sean Berry is an ISTJ cellist who works in netbsd.   (must have more toys)
I imagine someone is likely to misinterpret	    
my opinions as those of my various employers.  This is not the case.

On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Phil Knaack wrote:

> >Somewhere in the include files I found 230400 Bps as a standard terminal
> >speed, it is however not accepted by stty or pppd. I noticed that the speed
> >in termios.h is represented with an unsigned int value. Does this mean max.
> >serial speed is 65565 Bps???
> 
> You're thinking of a 'short' type (16-bit). An 'int' is a 32-bit value.
> 
> And the limit of u_short is 65535, btw. :)
> 
> As for speeds > 115.2k, do such animals exist in the RS-232 world?
> I know there's RS-422 (twisted-pair) or whatever its called .. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Phil
> --
> Phillip F Knaack
> Systems Administrator, Information Development -- Expanding Awareness (IDEA)
> Tech Junkie / Junk Techie / Administrator of Many Dinky Computers
> Iowa State University Extension
>