On Tue, 06 May 2008 15:53:43 -0400 James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not quite. It's only 10. There's 8 data bits, one start and one stop > bit. Perhaps you're thinking of the old 5 level code, which could have > 1, 1.42 or 1.5 stop bits. Also, ASCII at 110 b/s has 2 stop bits, for a > total of 11 bits/char sent. It was 1.5 stop bits back in 1976 when we were integrating a 1200bps modem into our POS system. I'm not talking about Baudot code. In any case, 10 or 10.5, it does not really matter today :-). Today, with advanced compression techniques and all sorts of protocols it's still difficult to forecast what time download will take because the speeds only pertain to a packet. With net traffic on both the server and the client side, you could get anywhere from a cable modem high of 10Mbps to only a few Kbps). It took me an entire night to download Ubuntu Hardy Heron on my cable modem that usually measures about 4 to 6Mbps. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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