7 Aug
2008
7 Aug
'08
11:01 a.m.
In article <489ACBEA.10544.FAAD7A4 at cclist.sydex.com>,
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> writes:
Inbetwixt the 1200 and 2400 baud periods, does anyone
remember the
Racal-Vadic protocol? ISTR, it was something like 1800 baud, using a
3450(?) modem. I had a couple of those back then; just wired them
into the telco line without a DAA. When you called someone with
another Racal modem, the difference in speed from 1200 was quite
obvious.
I don't recall the brand of modem, but we got them from the phone
company for a leased line connection between Project DELTA and udel's
computing center where our PDP-11/70 was located. They were spec'ed
at 1200 baud, but I discovered that they functioned just fine at 1800
baud. 50% performance boost!
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