[GreenKeys] Model 15 + C-64 Baud rate question

[Chris Elmquist]

#IGuessImGettingOld is trending.

Thanks for the explanation. I guess I always live in fear now that useful mediums like this mailing list will get Twitterified or Facebookized and then I'll have to go back under my rock.

Chris


On July 4, 2015 10:18:58 PM CDT, "drlegendre ." <drlegendre at gmail.com> wrote:
>@Chris
>
>About the @User convention
>
>It's a (somewhat) newer convention, that allows one to direct specific
>comments to one or more individuals, within a single message. AFAIK, no
>email client uses the @ for any sort of threading or other
>organization.
>
>The @User is most often used on really simple web forums that lack PM
>feature, like old versions of Vanilla, but it can be used anywhere one
>wishes to target a specific user or group from within a larger message
>body. It lets the intended recipient know "this part is particularly
>for
>you to see".
>
>On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 9:39 PM, Chris Elmquist <chrise at pobox.com>
>wrote:
>
>> On Saturday (07/04/2015 at 07:13PM -0500), drlegendre . wrote:
>> > @Jim
>>
>> What is the "@" business about?  Does that cause some people's email
>> programs to do something or ??  I'm not sure I understand how that
>> works...?
>>
>> Another method for converting 50 baud to 45.45 was to use two
>> "back-to-back" UARTs where one received at 50 baud, presented
>parallel
>> data to a second, which transmitted at 45.45.  Then, you need the
>extra
>> intra-character delay (ever so little) so that the slower UART had
>time
>> to get the character clocked out before the next one came in.
>>
>> --
>> Chris Elmquist NØJCF
>>

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Chris Elmquist
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