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Originally Posted by Copernicus View Post
Interesting! Let me take another look at my info; I'd thought that while you'd never get a 1 or a 0 twice in a row, the "same as previous bit" value would be sent as many times as necessary to get through a sequence of identical bits...
Not necessarily. Substituting x for "same as previous", 11111 can be transcoded as:
  • 1,1,1,1,1
  • 1,x,x,x,x
  • 1,x,1,x,1
The same for a line of zeroes of course

Although I personally fail to see a huge benefit in not sending the same sequence twice if the protocol is well designed, I think robthebold has hit the nail on the head.
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