[HECnet] 9600 bps

[Johnny Billquist]

Assuming that whatever system you are running on can accurately sleep a 
millisecond. This is often not true...

   Johnny

On 2019-11-17 03:25, Supratim Sanyal wrote:
> On 11/16/2019 08:45 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
>>
>> What context are you doing this in?
>>
> 
> Experiencing the wonderful world of 9600bps that I had unfortunately 
> missed out on. It is so beautiful and relaxing. I am sure my BP is 
> dropping quickly.
> 
> Anyone on HECNET running OVMS 7.3 or later can try to wait for the world 
> to (a) finish spinning and (b) move across the screen while spinning:
> 
> $ P9600BPS="$QCOCAL::DUA2:[FAL$SERVER]9600BPS.EXE"
> $ PIPE TYPE QCOCAL::GLOBE.VT | P9600BPS
> $ PIPE TYPE QCOCAL::MOVGLOBE.VT | P9600BPS
> 
> Granted HECnet delays are added to 9600 BPS.
> 
> Best,
> Supratim
> 
> 
>> If you are driving this output from a simh simulator, connections to 
>> the DZ and VH devices already run at the speeds that the speed each 
>> multiplexer line is programmed to run at.  Impatient folks who can’t 
>> stand to wait for output at the “natural” line speed can configure the 
>> multiplexer to deliver data from 2 to 32 times faster than the 
>> programmed speeds.
>>
>> Simulator console port speeds can also be set to run a specific 
>> rates.  This is explicitly controlled in the simulator configuration 
>> files since console ports didn’t have programmable port speeds.  SET 
>> CONSOLE SPEED=n generally works.
>>
>> *From:*owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] 
>> *On Behalf Of *Supratim Sanyal
>> *Sent:* Saturday, November 16, 2019 4:38 PM
>> *To:* hecnet at Update.UU.SE
>> *Subject:* Re: [HECnet] 9600 bps
>>
>> On 11/16/2019 07:33 PM, David Moylan wrote:
>>
>>      Cheers, Wiz!!
>>
>> ah! was wondering :)
>>
>> thanks. basically trying to write a simple program to filter the old 
>> VT100 demo text files to slow them down (calculate the required usleep()).
>>
> 
> -- 
> Sent via Thunderbird/MX-Linux on an overheated Compaq Presario CQ61
> 

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