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Subject: Re: 2400 bps modems, threat or menace?
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Date: Fri, 1-Feb-85 15:21:46 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  1 15:21:46 1985
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Nf-From: wdl1!wunder    Feb  1 12:06:00 1985

There were some studies in IBM Systems Journal about one or two
years ago on response time.  The conclusion was (fuzzy memory here)
that response times over a couple of seconds were bad for productivity.
I seem to remember a factor of 4 (but I could be wrong).

Baud rate is a factor in response time, particularly if you spend
a lot of time paging through stuff like when reading mail, or
scanning a program that you are trying to fix.

Sorry for the fuzzy reference, but it was someone else's copy.

w underwood