Re: [expert] OT: harddrive flashback

[Deryk Barker]

Thus spake Greg Stewart ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
[...]
> But that internet was definitely a hoot at 112 baud!

112? I can clearly recall working with an acoustic coupler over a line
so noisy that 110 was the best we could manage.

But my favourite speed, nopt that I ever used it, but it was in all
the books, was 134.5 baud. I seem to recall this speed was used by the
comms version of the IBM Selectric typewriter, which was used as a
mainframe console. (I suspect they were aiming for 135 - or maybe 150,
which was another standard rate - and missed).

Happy days....

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