Today I was looking for a standard which describes
the good old asynchronous data transmission format -
you know: start bit, data bits, probably a parity bit, stop
bits - and I could not find any! Don't say it is in RS232
(unless you actually have a copy and checked), it is
definitely not in v11/v28/v24 and not in RS422 or RS485.
Is there a standard definition for this at all?

The question which started my search is that our
requirements ask for a transparent end-to-end
asynchronous data service. Would transporting
a break condition be included? and transporting
strange things like fractional data bits?

regards,
Wouter.

PS this is totally PIC off-topic, but I hope putting [OT]
in the subject shields me from most flames....