UNIX to VMS communication problems

[rbbb at RICE.ARPA]

From:  David Chase <rbbb at RICE.ARPA>

You can speed up the VMS end substantially by doing reads larger than a
single character, set alarm, wait for completion of alarm.  We don't have
much trouble communicating at 9600 baud (run uucp at 4800, just to be safe).
I have no trouble running emacs through a serial line and VMS process at
4800 baud, and THAT uses single character reads.  (NB this is on a 780, and
the person managing it (ME) tries to keep things working well.  Perhaps your
VMS is run by an ignorant slob).

drc