Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site duke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!duke!bek From: bek@duke.UUCP (Barrett E. Koster) Newsgroups: net.music.synth Subject: Re: rs232 midi interfaces Message-ID: <5441@duke.UUCP> Date: Wed, 20-Feb-85 13:53:10 EST Article-I.D.: duke.5441 Posted: Wed Feb 20 13:53:10 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 26-Feb-85 05:41:23 EST References: <870@bnl.UUCP> <2560@mcnc.UUCP> <2564@mcnc.UUCP> Reply-To: bek@duke.UUCP (Barry E. Koster) Distribution: net Organization: Duke University Lines: 13 Summary: Byron Howes and Rick Fairfield have been discussing 9600 baud vs. 9600 bps. I'm no hardware buff, but I think everybody's confused. (I believe) "baud" is symbols per second. "bps" is bits per second. If the symbols are 0 and 1, baud=bps. If, as is easily the case with multi-tone modems, there are more than two symbols, then several bits can be packed into one symbol. If there are N different tones, say, then X baud = log(N)X bps. What this has to do with the relevant reality in this case I have no idea. Barrett Koster duke!bek The thoughts expressed here are not necessarily thoughts.