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On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Nate Williams wrote:

> > I heard a rumor that the modem <-> phone <-> modem was a syncronous
> > connection. 
> 
> Whomever told you this rumor was confused.
> 
> > In this case, there would be only 8 bits, no start or stop bits.
> 
> See above.

Huh?  Are you trying to tell me there are start and stop bits (ie. 10 bits
for each 8 bits of data) on a modem?  Sorry, with current modems that just
isn't true.  There is some overhead, but it is more difficult to compute
than a simplistic start and stop bit.

Sure, on the serial cable there is but that doesn't matter.


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