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Re: Demon login using IIDual

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From: Mike Gilbert
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 00:00
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In article <4p1r5o$huv@news.ox.ac.uk>, Thomas Down
<mailto:trin0200@sable.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> Umm... Modems don't run faster than 28800 baud. This is supposedly more
> or less the theoretical limit of what can be achieved over normal analog
> 'phone lines. To go any faster, you'll need ISDN, or something similar.
> Unless I'm missing the point completely...

Yes. My 14400 el cheapo unbranded thing connects at 57600. Data compression
etc give increase in theoretical speed. Mind you, actual data xfer varies
from nil bps to 3kbps plus, depending on the weather, Bill Clinton's haircut,
the state of the beef market and Gerry Adams' morality.

Mike
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But, as Fr Dougal says, "Ach, sure, Ted, it'll be alright" 
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From: Mike Gilbert <tme@mail.zynet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Demon login using IIDual
Date: 1996/06/04
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