From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Tue Aug 30 2005 - 11:51:28 PDT
On Aug 29, 2005, at 4:57 PM, Arnold DeRoy wrote:
> Just wanted to add my two cents for this issue - NCU and WinXP or
> Win98:
> I do not use the 'slowdown.exe' on either this machine (2.4ghz
> w/WinXP) or the laptop (1.1ghz
> w/Win98) to connect the Newton MP2k or MP2k1.
>
> What I do instead to go to the Control Panel, Devices and locate the
> COM port the cable is
> connected to. There I force the setting to 57.6k (or 38.4k) hardware
> handshaking. Any and all
> NCU connects, backups, or transfers are started from the Newton only.
> No problems in
> almost 4 years and 3 different desktops.
<snip>
Odd, one would think if hardware handshaking worked that you could go
at maximum speed? I know many macs didn't support hardware handshaking
and relied on XON/XOFF, so I wonder about the Newton in this regard.
Perhaps someone more knowledgeable can comment?
Marty
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