From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Phil Subject: Re: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Input/output error Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 21:58:32 +1000 Message-ID: <200505092158.32806.phil@spiderweb.com.au> References: <200505072226.11233.phil@spiderweb.com.au> <1115575613.1246.6.camel@oh2bns.ampr.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1115575613.1246.6.camel@oh2bns.ampr.org> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 9 May 2005 04:06 am, you wrote: > On Sat, 2005-05-07 at 15:26, Phil wrote: > > Baycom serial is not a serial device. It uses the serial port in a very > non-standard way to do "clever" bit banging and emulate synchronous > serial communication. That is why it only works with ports that are > 100% hardware compatible with the standard PC UART (8250, 16450, 16550). > Thanks for the replies, both on and off the mailing list. I thought about this a bit more after I posted my query and thought that the converter had to be the problem. It looks like my old faithful Baycom modem will join the rest of my stuff in storage. If packet radio grabs my attention again I might have to buy a TNC after all. -- Regards, Phil.