8 Aug
2008
8 Aug
'08
1:33 p.m.
Although the Trailblazer transferred about 14 to 16
Kbps
uncompressed, it was a 7 baud modem! [*] It used slightly fewer
than 512 carriers, each transmitting at a very low rate.
That's interesting! I knew it used hundreds of carriers, but I didn't
know even the higher-frequency ones ran at low baud rates - and
definitely didn't know that they all changed in sync (as is necessary
to make "7 baud" fair). I'd just kind of assumed each one ran at a
baud rate roughly proportional to the carrier frequency.
Neat, the stuff you can learn just reading email. :)
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