> What about a 386SX/16? I *know* we're reaching here, but I've had this
> machine forever and wanted to do this very same thing, but have always
> wondered if setting the darn thing up would be worth the time. One book I
Having had such a machine (a Packard Bell, even) :) running linux for
some years before upgrading, I would say that under DOS (and especially
Windows) one couldn't keep up with the serial port without getting a lot
of timeouts and retransmission errors. On the other hand, this wasn't the
case with Linux. I was able to get a high-speed serial connection going
(mostly UUCP back then) between me and the host I was using quite
reliably.
Back then, we didn't have 28.8K modems - or maybe we did and I
didn't. I was using a 14.4K USR HST.
Still, I don't think you'd have a problem using Linux and a 28.8K modem
on such a machine.
> -Fred
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