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- From: dick.zeitlin%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Dick Zeitlin)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: Wanted: Altair 800 or
- Message-ID: <6457.168.uupcb@ssr.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 16:54:00 GMT
- Distribution: world
- Organization: Advanced Computer Concepts BBS, New Rochelle, NY 914-654-1981
- Reply-To: dick.zeitlin%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Dick Zeitlin)
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- DB> .Yeah, but why 110 baud, of all baud rates? (Is this a bit like
- > .the 6250bpi on a tape thread a while back?) Why even _bother_ with
- > .it?
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- Because a character was 11 bits (start, two stop, 7 data, parity) and at
- 10 cps that adds up to 110b/s. Not really so strange.
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- * OLX 2.2 * Bring back A-N airways!! Dick.Zeitlin%acc1bbs@ssr.com
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