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- From: "G. Dragon" <Vadim@infsviaz.msk.su>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Astounding high CPS rate!
- Date: 18 Jan 1996 18:57:24 +0300
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- >>The raw bit rate of 14400bps corresponds to 14400/8 which is 1800cps
- >>(assuming the usual 8 bit characters).
- >
- >Incorrect, 14400bps/10 is 1440cps. 8 bit characters are usually
- >framed with a start bit and a stop bit, more if you are using parity.
- >You therefore divide by 8+1+1 = 10.
- >
-
- I strongly believe that start/stop bits for every byte are used only
- in asynchronous mode. Since V.32bis modems communicate in synchronous
- mode (as far as I understand, asynchronous mode is used only between
- modem and computer). So, a modem gets 10-bits character from computer,
- deletes start/stop bits (characters become 8-bit long) and, then it
- makes a frame (which can contain several characters) and transmits it
- through a phone line. On the opposite site another modem gets a frame,
- checks its integrity, adds start/stop bits and computer receives
- 10-bits characters. That's nearly all! Add to it a complicated way of
- coding bits into electrical signals + error correction & data
- compession, + duplex (receiving and transmitting data sumaltaneously!),
- double this to take into account flow control and other unevident
- difficulties and the user grade modem is ready for plug and play!
-
- Regards, G. Dragon
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