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- From: Dan_E_Babcock@cup.portal.com
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- Subject: Re: Moving 500 to 1200, BAD NEWS
- Message-ID: <69248@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 14:00:37 PST
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- >Hmm.. count the probability of errors that get detected by parity and
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- If you get a parity error, 8/9 (89%) of the time it is caused by a data
- (non-parity) bit. That seems like a favorable ratio to me!
- As for the "parity logic" ( a couple XOR gates), the failure rate can be
- ignored.
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- Dan
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