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On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Mike Holling wrote:

> > Is a direct-cable serial PPP link an option?  At 115,200 bps, it's just
> > about as fast as the parallel-port ethernet, if a little less convenient
> > to setup.
> 
> 115200 bits/sec -> 14400 bytes/sec -> 14 kilobytes/sec.  The parallel
> cable is definitely faster than the serial link.

  Remember, this is async serial, so it 10 bits per byte, not 8, so:

115200 / 10 = 11520 bytes/sec


> - Mike

Tom


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