On Tue, 11 May 1999, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

> 
> FSVO "fine".  It has a 1-byte FIFO.  Your DECstation will *not* receive data
> above 38,400 and do anything else useful.
> 
> 

Actually it has a 3 byte FIFO and DMA capability if supported by the rest
of the hardware. Actual speed limitations may have more to do with RS-232
level shifters (they were never designed for >56K baud or so, only newer
RS-232 level shifters were designed with 230K baud in mind)

Peter Wallace
Mesa Electronics