Re: GSM short message from DAVE.SMS@MVHI.COM

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Sat, 1 Aug 1998 21:04:41 -0400 (EDT)

On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> 40 characters or so, but capital letters generate codes that have
> more bits turned on resulting in a higher draw on the UART. Many
^^____________

(char) 'A' == (char) 'a' & 95;
(char) 'Z' == (char) 'z' & 95;

He was trying to save bits! Upper case uses less bits, so the BPS can
be higher if your communications channel is bit-limited like the
Micro$oft browser.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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