[19747] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: And we thought the text part of the Starr Report would be bad
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Wed Sep 23 20:24:30 1998
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 19:59:54 -0400
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199809230242.WAA23084@catherwood.downcity.net>; from Robert Szarka <szarka@downcity.net> on Tue, Sep 22, 1998 at 10:43:02PM -0400
On Tue, Sep 22, 1998 at 10:43:02PM -0400, Robert Szarka wrote:
> > For modem to modem communications, start and stop bits were used
> > up through 2400 baud when one bit = one tone. The method of one
> > bit = one tone was dropped for other forms of encoding when modems
> > started supporting connection speeds in excess of 2400 baud.
>
> I assume you mean 2400 bps modems, i.e., v.22bis? Admittedly, it's been a
> while since I used one, but my recollection is that 2400 bps modems operate
> at 600 baud, with 4 bits/baud using QAM.
This matches my recollection. I think it was 1200 bps that was the
last 1 bit per baud modem.
Cheers,
-- jra
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