[GreenKeys] Why and When 7.00 vs. 7.42 unit code?

[Duncan Brown]

On 10-Mar-14 11:57, Jim Haynes wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2014, Duncan Brown wrote:
>
>> I would think it would be hard to sync on a 7.00 code??
>>
> No, as I explained in the previous message Teletype equipment from Day 
> One
> had no trouble with 7.00 code, at least until they got to the 30 model
> line and ASCII, where they did have trouble with 10.00 code.
>
Because the receive shaft is turning faster, the selector mechanism gets 
a longer stop period?

Otherwise, how does the machine snyc up after a radio fade if it can't 
tell the difference between a marking bit and the stop bit?

Duncan



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