requires a 1184 sync + eight bits and a parity bit of 864, for a total of 8960 us. This corresponds to a byte timing of about 111 Hz, or about 888 bits/second. When recorded to tape, the tape's natural hysteresis smooths out these sharp signals. The resulting signal, when listened to on an audio deck, sounds like a series of shifting tones, around 5,700 Hz for short and 3,900 for medium, alternating back and forth rapidly.

On playback, the signal is not a sharp digital one, but a smoothed-out representation