From: utzoo!decvax!minow
Newsgroups: net.dcom,net.misc
Title: Re: How long is a break `character"\\?
Article-I.D.: decvax.286
Posted: Tue Sep 14 19:05:55 1982
Received: Wed Sep 15 05:03:35 1982
References: mcnc.1307

It seems likely that defining break as "two character times @ 110 Baud"
would satisfy pretty much anybody.  The UART (asynchronous interface)
detects a framing error (break received) after the line doesn't
return to MARK after the first character time.

Martin Minow
decvax!minow