[time-nuts] SLIP vs Ethernet for NTP
    Poul-Henning Kamp 
    phk at phk.freebsd.dk
       
    Sun Oct 23 21:12:32 UTC 2011
    
    
  
In message <4EA481BD.20500 at earthlink.net>, Jim Lux writes:
>On 10/23/11 11:39 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>I think the electromechanicals top out at 110 bps, [...]
Actually 300 bps.
Tape readers/punches were much faster than type-writers and later
typewriters (ball/daisy-wheel) were also faster than hammer
models.
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