Deep Dive: CTS Flow Control in the Serial/Modem System
Why you can't just shovel bytes through a virtual modem: RTS/CTS backpressure, buffer gates, and the timing budget that makes dial-up feel like dial-up.
5 articles tagged with "modem"
Why you can't just shovel bytes through a virtual modem: RTS/CTS backpressure, buffer gates, and the timing budget that makes dial-up feel like dial-up.
Making the WASM build honest about its dependencies, loading backends on dial, and giving the modem one source of truth for pacing.
Simulating Bell 212A and V.32bis handshakes: phase modulation, training sweeps, and why the negotiation audio has the shape it does.
Implementing the 1962 modem standard behind 300 baud dialup: FSK modulation, Goertzel demodulation, and the two-band split that makes full duplex work.
Nine small bugs in the CRT, modem, and BBS paths, cleared before they had a chance to compound.