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From: myers@fc.hp.com (Bob Myers)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: 16550 detection
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Date: 19 Nov 1994 09:01:08 GMT
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Ade Barkah (mbarkah@slate.mines.colorado.edu) wrote:
> Actually, I don't even think for 2400 bps modem 1 baud==1 bps.
> If I remember, the 2400 bps modems already use quadrature
> amplitute modulation (qam) encoding, with 600 baud/s at 4 bits
> per baud.
Just a minor nit to pick here - there's no such thing as "baud/sec".
Baud rate is given in baud, which is the information transfer rate
in SYMBOLS per second. You can properly refer to a "2400 baud"
interface, but NOT a "2400 baud/second" interface.
Bob Myers KC0EW Hewlett-Packard Co. |Opinions expressed here are not
Workstations Systems Div.|those of my employer or any other
myers@fc.hp.com Fort Collins, Colorado |sentient life-form on this planet.