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From: koch@motcid.UUCP (Clifton Koch)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: baud rate weirdness
Message-ID: <5817@navy22.UUCP>
Date: 14 Dec 90 16:59:24 GMT
References: <863@bacchus.esa.oz.au>
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL
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From article <863@bacchus.esa.oz.au>, by david@bacchus.esa.oz.au (David Burren):
-> In <125@marilyn.UUCP> shawn@marilyn.UUCP (Shawn P. Stanley) writes:
-> 
->>I have written connection-handling software which begins the process of
->>waiting for a call/connect first by setting the serial port to the high
->>(2400) baud rate for the modem, then sends an "AT" sequence (these are
->>Hayes compatible modems) so that the modem knows the baud rate of the
->>serial port and can then answer with a CONNECT message at the serial
->>port's rate before switching to the caller's rate.
-> 
-> AAARRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!
-> 
-> "baud rate"?  Urgle.  Your grammar is _shocking_.
-> 	baud	=> signal change rate
-> 	bps	=> bit rate
-> 
-> "signal change rate rate"????
-> 
-> It's an easy mistake to make, but it's one of my pet flames, so please
-> excuse me if I fly off the handle.
-> In most cases where people use "baud rate" they'd be better off using
-> "bit rate" as it's more correct in several ways.  ("more correct"? sigh :-)

  In the paragraph you quoted, the original author is correct.  He is talking
about the serial link between the modem and computer, which is 2400 *baud*.
Bit rate would also be OK, as long as it's not confused with data rate.
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