MIKE FARRILL wrote in a message to RICK COLLINS:
-> Nope.  It increases the throughput by using fewer bits (8 rather than
-> 10) to represent a character.  The bits are sent at exactly the same
-> speed with or without EC.
 MF> If people want more speed, Why don't they just reduce the bits to 7
 MF> or 6?
Because most of the data that we are sending has 8 bits?  If we reduce the 
bits to 6 or 7, it makes it rather hard to send 8 bit data -- see the Zmodem 
or Kermit docs for sending 8 bit data over 7 bit links.
Regards,
       David
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