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to: GARY GILMORE
from: LARRY EVANS
date: 1997-06-12 23:50:00
subject: Bogus Baud rates!!!

Gary Gilmore wrote in a message to Chris Holten:
 GG> Now, if all my BBS did was textfiles, I might say "Yes, 57600 is
 GG> worth it", but since most of BBSing is downloading and reading
 GG> messages (and most of that is users download mail packets), I still
 GG> say that a port speed of 115200 isn't necessaary.  Besides, many
 GG> doors can't handle speeds higher than 57600, so there's a problem
 GG> for those that offer doors to the user. 
As a matter of fact, a lot of doors running here require 38400 maximum. So I 
have this system locked at 38400 for the ports. This has run for 2 plus years 
without a major problem to the users.
Adios for now,
Lightnin' Lar (larry.evans@tesla.circuit.com)
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