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echo: aust_modem
to: Simon Byrnand
from: Kris Roebuck
date: 1996-07-15 11:15:06
subject: CPS Rates

Simon Byrnand.  Kris Roebuck.  CPS Rates.  You know the drill.

 SB> Sounds like your COMMS program is miscalculating your throughput then
 SB> I'm afraid! Where do you get 38400 bps = 4266 cps from? Since a
 SB> serial port is asyncronous, it actually sends *10* bits per byte, not
 SB> 8, as there is the start and stop bit as well as data....

My calculations.  I work on the same principle as the modem itself.

Maybe I have the priority of NComm set too high?  +19 to make sure I get a
reliable transfer.

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