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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.development:20270 comp.os.linux.misc:30804 comp.os.386bsd.questions:14850 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4284 sci.electronics:85505 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!werple.apana.org.au!otis.apana.org.au!daemon.apana.org.au!udel!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!mfmail!not-for-mail From: jfid@mfltd.co.uk (James Fidell) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc,sci.electronics Subject: Re: 16550 detection Date: 1 Dec 1994 17:15:38 -0000 Organization: Micro Focus Ltd., Newbury, Berkshire, UK. Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3bl0bq$p3b@icebox.mfltd.co.uk> References: <1994Nov23.111540@estwm0.wm.estec.esa.nl> <3b207m$aps@lorne.stir.ac.uk> <NICKEL.94Nov30212955@toftum.prz.tu-berlin.de> <1994Dec1.144417.129066@slate.mines.colorado.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: icebox.mfltd.co.uk In article <1994Dec1.144417.129066@slate.mines.colorado.edu>, mbarkah@slate.mines.colorado.edu (Ade Barkah) writes: > > It's important to remember that we're transmitting symbols. Does > this apply to digital transmissions ? Yes. A digital message is > simply an ordered sequence of symbols from a discreet source. This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > source has an alphabet 'M' of 2 or more symbols, and produces > the symbols at some rate 'r'. Does this mean that they arrive in plain brown envelopes ? James. -- "Yield to temptation -- | jfid@mfltd.co.uk it may not pass your way again" | http://www.mfltd.co.uk/~jfid/ | - Lazarus Long | James Fidell