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From: thomas@melchior.frmug.fr.net (Thomas Quinot)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: 16550 detection
Date: 29 Nov 1994 14:22:46 +0100
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I. Stirling <is06@stirling.ac.uk> écrit :
 
> 38400 baud, as the serial link between the computer and modem is binary
> (only 1 or 0) in this case bits per second = baud.

Hum, if I beg to differ, baud is afaik an unit of modulation speed, so
one can't really use it speaking of a digital link (on which _no_
modulation is used.)
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Thomas QUINOT   |   Linux is Good for You    |   <thomas@melchior.frmug.fr.net>