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- From: gregp@primenet.com (Greg Putrich)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: 28.8 Modems and 68030 Macs-Bad News??
- Date: 8 Jan 1996 18:38:04 -0700
- Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet
- Sender: root@primenet.com
- Message-ID: <gregp-0801961938320001@ip209.msp.primenet.com>
- References: <DJH1201-0701961708040001@192.0.2.1>
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- In article <DJH1201-0701961708040001@192.0.2.1>, DJH1201@pop3.cris.com
- (David Heronemus) wrote:
-
- > Can anyone tell me if they have had experience using 28.8 modems with a
- > 68030 Mac. I've heard there may be a problem with the high data transfer
- > rate?? Apple told me it would only be a problem with slower 68030 chips??
- > Thanks :-)
-
- I use my 28.8 on my old Mac II (68020 @ 16MHz). I usually get ftp xfer
- rates around 3000-3100 cps (depending on net conditions) and the Mac seems
- to handle it just fine. At times it's been a little higher too. I also use
- the modem on my Powerbook 170 (68030 @ 25MHz) with no problems.
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