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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

4016.0. "Preferences" by DICKNS::MACDONALD (VAXELN - Realtime Software Pubs) Tue Aug 14 1990 16:02

    Does anyone know what the Buffer Size value in the Preferences
    Serial Menu is for?
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4016.1WELSWS::FINNISTue Aug 14 1990 17:2011
    
    To prevent overrun ...
    
    ie  Amiga sends xoff (stop sending data) when buffer is full .
    	Set it high for efficient Modem data Transfers..
    		.. otherwise high overhead in protocol exchange..
    
    				go - don't go - go - etc..
    
    
    		- Pete -