--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, plujan <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> Whoa, this seems like at least an order of magnitude too slow. If
I
> read this right, this means that there'll be a 15ms delay between
> checking the first switch and the last. Given that human reaction
> times are, IIRC, in the 20-30ms range, this seems like it could
have
> a huge impact on the outcome of buzzer races.
>
> --Paul
Unfortunately, the RS-232 standard (the original serial port) can
only handle 9600 bps (note lowercase b). If we assume each
individual buzzer-check takes one byte, then I don't think we *can*
run it faster than 1200Hz without putting in a hardware buffer.
Edmund