On Sep 27, 1996 at 09:40 hrs, Ray Mcconnell of 3:632/309 wrote to Geoff Whall:

Hello Ray,

 RM> Hi Geoff,

GW>> Could someone tell me what i should divide my connect speed by to get
GW>> cps?

 RM> In actual fact, the 28800 number is in bits so it should be divided 
 RM> by 8 to make it bytes.

Wrong.  Divide by 10 - each byte (8 bits) is sent out wrapped inside 1
start and 1 stop bit making 10 bits all up.  Error correction modems
usually can achieve higher thoughput than the BPS/10 since they strip off
the start and stop bits but lose throughput in the error
correction/detection process averaging out at about 115% to 116% of the BBS
rate.


 RM> This is what you should get:

 RM> 14400 - 1600-1700cps
 RM> 16800 - 1700-1900cps
 RM> 19200 - 1900-2200cps
 RM> 21600 - 2200-2450cps
 RM> 24000 - 2450-2750cps (average 2720)
 RM> 26400 - 2700-3050cps (average 3000)
 RM> 28800 - up to 3427cps (average 3300)

These are about what you should expect.

Regards ... John
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