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- Path: news.mcs.net!indep1!clifto
- From: clifto@indep1.chi.il.us (Clifton T. Sharp)
- Subject: Re: Astounding high CPS rate!
- Message-ID: <DLHL58.9Dq@indep1.chi.il.us>
- Organization: as little as possible
- References: <4db4ra$56@hg.oro.net> <821827949snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> <4djh7h$69j@mujibur.inmind.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 15:46:19 GMT
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- In article <4djh7h$69j@mujibur.inmind.com> paulvdg@inmind.com (Paul van de Graaf) writes:
- >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.
-
- Some time ago I read somewhere that there was supposed to be a "guard
- time" of two bit times between the stop bit of one character and the
- start bit of the next. This would suggest that one would have to
- divide by 12 (8+1+1+2). However, real-world performance doesn't
- suggest anything like this. Anyone ever hear of this "guard time"?
-
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