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echo: aust_modem
to: Danny Keogh
from: David Drummond
date: 1996-10-19 06:26:18
subject: Re: Baud and bps

Danny, at 18:39 on Oct 11 1996, you wrote to Kris Roebuck ...

DK> While sitting on cloud 9, Kris Roebuck said to All something 
DK> about Baud and bps

KR>> Could someone explain to me the difference between baud 
KR>> rates and bps.  I'm told that they have different meanings, 
KR>> but no-one will tell me why. 

DK> There really isn't a difference.  Baud is actually the name 
DK> of some guy who was in the datacoms field a while ago.  BPS 
DK> stands for bits per second.  Baud rate is just another way of
DK>  saying BPS rate.

Not quite...

David
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