This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Note also that you can get more than 1440 char/s over a 14.4 kbit/s modem, even without V.42bis compression. In the good old days, "bits per second" meant the same thing for the serial port as it did for the modem's connection over the phone line, but that's no longer…
1 troy oz = 31.1034768 g Troy measurements: 1 pound = 12 ounces, 1 ounce = 20 pennyweights, 1 pennyweight = 24 grains. There are 7000 grains in an avoirdupois pound, 5760 grains in a troy pound (same "grain" in both systems, so you can use that as the basis…
If they have AP's permission, it's OK, but otherwise it's a copyright violation.
There's a UPI article that says, "The National Earthquake Information Center in Boulder, Colo., said the quake measured 3.4 on the Richter scale and was centered in Lansing, the state capital. The quake struck at 5:23 p.m. EDT and lasted about four seconds. The temblor was reportedly felt as far…
Your messages are still there–including the one you left Friday night and the replies. To reread them, you have to tell the software to look at older messages. I'm not familiar with MacCIM so I can't tell you exactly how to do that, but typically there's a date on the…