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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:30357 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4202 sci.electronics:84868 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!warwick!news.dcs.warwick.ac.uk!str-ccsun!strath-cs!lorne.stir.ac.uk!is06 From: is06@stirling.ac.uk (I. Stirling) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc,sci.electronics Subject: Re: 16550 detection Date: 24 Nov 1994 12:13:17 GMT Organization: University of Stirling Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3b200t$aps@lorne.stir.ac.uk> References: <3akesk$e0p@tadpole.fc.hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: is06@forth.stir.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL9] Bob Myers (myers@fc.hp.com) wrote: : 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. Very minor nitpick, Baud/sec is a valid unit, meaning rate of change of changes per second. Perhaps usefull in continuously variable speed modems response to noisy lines? Ian Stirling.