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Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> wrote:

> > It turns out that uplcom(4) adapters don't support the required
> > speed of 50 baud anymore.
> 
> You know, it might actually support it if you hack up the driver.
> The source says the PL2303X "can set any rate".

The data sheet disagrees.

"The flexible baud rate generator of PL-2303X could be programmed to
 generate any rate between 75 bps and 6Mbps."

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de