Msg: 5340 *Conference*
08-17-94 22:57:46
From: COMET _
To : ANDREW DILLER
Subj: TERMINAL SPEED
Well, YOU may assume a terminal speed of 9600 baud on a Unix system for a directly connected terminal, and it may even be the default value for the type of Unix machines you are using. However, Unix is an old enough operating system that I wouldn't be surprised if there were systems out there configured with slower speeds (by default). Of course, the system administrator can set the default terminal speed on hir system. Therefore, I think it would be a mistake to call 9600 baud a "standard"--I doubt highly you'll find this documented in any of the generic Unix documentation. [Hmmm. I wonder if I could write Unix on an option ROM.]