Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hao!seismo!harvard!wjh12!genrad!decvax!ittvax!bunker!garys From: garys@bunker.UUCP (Gary Samuelson) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: re : ALLRIGHT ALREADY Message-ID: <471@bunker.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Jul-84 09:32:34 EDT Article-I.D.: bunker.471 Posted: Tue Jul 24 09:32:34 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jul-84 20:52:19 EDT References: <859@pucc-h> ucla-cs.494 Lines: 9 Yes, let's get back to basics. 480 bytes = 4800 bits, if we are talking about an asynchronous line (one start bit, 8 data bits, and one stop bit). This results in 16 seconds at 300 baud. It is also possible to have two stop bits, which would mean 480 bytes = 5280 bits, requiring 17.6 seconds. (It might be more precise to call say seven data bits and one parity bit, rather than eight data bits, but that doesn't change the total, and whether the eighth bit is data or parity depends on the protocol in effect at the time).