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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!polo.demon.co.uk!news From: john@polo.demon.co.uk (John Winters) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux..misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: Triton II/III Motherboards Date: 3 Nov 1996 08:26:43 -0000 Organization: Spirit software Lines: 17 Message-ID: <55hl03$8lc@polo.demon.co.uk> References: <32775018.555F@fpmbh.com> <32798A67.F185C9B@nmaa.org> <55e8q1$3f3@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <stephenkE095KA.KA4@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost X-NNTP-Posting-Host: polo.demon.co.uk Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:30497 comp.os.linux.hardware:55303 comp.os.linux.setup:80920 In article <stephenkE095KA.KA4@netcom.com>, Stephen Knilans <stephenk@netcom.com> wrote: [snip] > >BTW HYPE is ALL OVER! Just before 9600 baud modems came out, MANY modems >claimed to be 9600BAUD! I was even in a store when an IRATE customer tried >to return one! The MORONIC salesperson said "IT IS 9600baud, see, it says >so!"! The customer had trouble telling this salesperson the TRUTH! It was >a 2400 baud modem with compression which COULD attain 9600bps(note, NOT BAUD) Most unlikely. It might have been a 600 baud, 2400 cps modem which with compression could attain 9600bps. A 2400 baud modem (if such a thing existed) could do 9600 bps quite easily without any need for compression. John -- John Winters. Wallingford, Oxon, England.