When the term baud was defined in 1926, baud was equal to bps and that was its intention, it was a single word unit to represent bps. Without a formal redefinition it shouldn't be used where baud does not equal bps, it is outside of its original parameters and considerations.Thus helping to perpetuate a general misunderstanding of what "baud" actually means.To actually get 1200 bps throughput from the modem the user has to set the TIA-232 port for 1200 baud or higher (input speed >= output speed).
Because of this, I and pretty much everyone else who had to write user instructions for ordinary people back then, ignored the difference and used only the term that many users had already encountered when setting up a serial printer or a 300 baud/bps modem.
Many unit definitions are incomplete - how many are nonsense when travelling close to or at the speed of light? Trying to force their use outside their original environment results in an interpretation or opinion, not the necessarily the correct use of the definition.
Statistics: Posted by pidd — Tue Jun 03, 2025 4:19 am