Data General Dasher D461 User Manual page 79

TIME
Total download time in seconds
NO.CHAR Number of character definitions to
download
CHAR-SEC Character definitions downloaded per
second
BAUD
Host/terminal baud-rate setting
BITS Number of bits per ASCII character
(including parity and start/stop bits)
28 Number of ASCII characters per
character definition
If:
TIME NO.CHAR/CHAR-SEC
CHAR-SEC BAUD/(BITS 28)
Then:
TIME
(NO.CHAR)(BITS)(28)/BAUD
Example:
If a set of 1,024 characters is downloaded at 9,600 baud, and each
ASCII character transferred is assumed to consist of 10 bits (1 start bit,
7 data bits, 1 parity bit, and 1 stop bit), the total download time is
calculated as follows:
TIME = (1,024 x 10 x 28)/9,600 = 29.9 seconds
This amounts to less than 3 seconds for each set of 94 characters.
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