From: another1171@gmail.com   
      
   "Trash80"  wrote in   
   message news:47428C6E.402.tandy@theville.vintagecomputing.net...   
      
   >  To: A Nother   
   > So if I'm reading messages on the screen (at 9600 baud) and the host   
   > computer   
   > is trying to send them to me faster than my M4 can write them could that   
   > cause   
   > all kinds of errant behaviour?  Or would the host computer "wait" and send   
   > the   
   > data as my M4 is ready for it?   
      
   In theory hardware or software handshaking should work fine but the last   
   time I tried it (20 yrs ago) it was less than successful.   
      
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