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From: ralphs@halcyon.wa.com (Ralph Sims)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Courier HST on 386 HDB SysV
Keywords: Need register settings, Dialers entry
Message-ID: <RqPRm3w162w@halcyon.wa.com>
Date: 23 Jul 90 15:19:14 GMT
References: <5669@obdient.chi.il.us>
Organization: The 23:00 News
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blair@obdient.chi.il.us (Doug Blair) writes:

> One of our guest users (a "DOS Person") has given us a US Robotics Courier
> HST (not Dual Standard or V.32) modem so that he can read news at high speed.

Interesting concept.  Most people can't read text scrolling that fast.  We
did a little survey once and found 1200 was pretty good for folks who were
accomplished readers, and 2400 was fine for those that used some form of
block i/o ('speed-reading').  Most of the teens were more comfortable at
300.  At the time, I thought this didn't say much for our educational
system.

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