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Blake Patterson<p>Happy Baud Day, everyone!!</p><p>3/12/24</p><p>In honor of this singular occasion, I share two facing pages from the modem section of a 1983 Inmac computer supply catalog, for your enjoyment. </p><p>Let the festivities commence!</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BaudDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BaudDay</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Baud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baud</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/bps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bps</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/modem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modem</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/telecommunications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telecommunications</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBS</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBSing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBSing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/terminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terminals</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagetech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagetech</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/holiday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>holiday</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/celebration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>celebration</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/March" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>March</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Skip the Radio with This Software-Defined Ultrasound Data Link - We know what you’re thinking: with so many wireless modules available for just pen... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/01/13/skip-the-radio-with-this-software-defined-ultrasound-data-link/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/01/13/skip-t</span><span class="invisible">he-radio-with-this-software-defined-ultrasound-data-link/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/physicallayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physicallayer</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/transducer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transducer</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ultrasound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ultrasound</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/techhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/bitrate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitrate</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/baud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baud</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/link" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>link</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/sdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sdr</span></a></p>
Abraxas3d W5NYV<p>Our scheduled <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/RATPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RATPAC</span></a> presenter last night had to cancel, so I stepped in and talked about the <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/symbol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>symbol</span></a> rate rules change. Recording should be up soon.</p><p>That's right, the <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/baud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baud</span></a> rate limit is going away. HF bands get a 2.8 kHz bandwidth limit for data modes. That is in the report and order.</p><p>A request for comments about 2200 m, 630 m, VHF, and UHF <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/bandwidth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bandwidth</span></a> limits is the second part of this rules change document. </p><p>Read it here: <a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-397992A1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.fcc.gov/public/attachment</span><span class="invisible">s/DOC-397992A1.pdf</span></a></p>
R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:<p>Want to make your <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> terminal feel like a 300 <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/baud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baud</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/modem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modem</span></a>?</p><p>This is actually very <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/nostalgic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgic</span></a>:</p><p>$ clear; top -bn1 |head -$(($LINES-1)) |while IFS= read -sn1 x; do echo -n "$x"; [[ -z $x ]] &amp;&amp; echo; sleep 0.021025; done</p><p>Note: the sleep amount is calibrated to approximate 300 baud, but it'll never be precise, because the shell introduces a lot of overhead.<br>It came out to about 330 baud on my machine, which is close enough for a bit of fun nonsense.<br>Note 2: bash or maybe ksh are assumed here</p>