Baud vs. BPS (Re: disk transfer methods)

[wbdesnoy@acs2.acs.ucalgary.ca (Byron Desnoyers Winmill)]

Brian Hammack (brian.hammack@rook.wa.com) wrote:
:  WAU| : ProTERM 3.1 is faster than ADT.  On a IIGS, you can transfer
:     | : at 56k (that's 56,000 baud!) and besides, it has Zmodem for

: No, that's 57,600 bits per second.  :)

I have a vauge idea of how baud and bps work with modems, but it is clouded
by years of disuse.  :-(  If anybody has a moment, I would appreciate what
(if any) role baud has with serial ports.

: indicator thingie too), run ProTerm on the Apple and Qmodem 4.3 on the
: PC (launched into DOS; Windows in any form interferes and causes bail-
: outs 64k into the transfer at high speed)... I'm shuffling at 56k.

I have never managed to get the serial ports to work properly under Windows.
Probably why I don't use it.  But it does leave me wondering why I use a
Mac.  ;-)

Byron.