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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
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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>
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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.
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