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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Modem problems/prices (was AT Surfer Package)
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- Date: 13 Mar 1996 16:28:23 GMT
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- George Noel (gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) wrote:
- : have long since stopped using it as I had sold it once I got a true RS-232
- : port and RS-232 modem. I regret selling it now as I could have kept it
- : for my second C64 - it truelly was the best C64 specific modem out there.
-
- I was thinking of this CMD port when I mentioned it, with a 1 Mhz c64 it can
- only handle 9600 with video dma turned off.
-
- : >only v.fast or use proprietary compression schemes and if you want to avoid
- : >them all you have to do is ask before you buy.
-
- : For those in the know yes, but a lot of people only see the cheaper price
- : and see 14.4k and/or 28.8K and think everything is fine but don't read
- : the small print. I am basing my opinions on people's trouble connecting
-
- Find me a new 14.4 modem that isn't v34.
-
- : >Forget it George, every time I mention your BBS you have a fit.
-
- : Maybe if you could point out something which was actually the C64s fault
- : and you knew what you were talking about, then I wouldn't. You also said
- : you weren't going to harp on the fact I still run a BBS off a C64 which
- : you have been.. its as if this is something to be ashamed of... I don't
- : like you giving the impression that it is.
-
- The c64 is a 1Mhz machine, it was designed that way, I don't blame it for not
- being able to handle todays modems. :) You have been reading between the lines
- vertically again I see. :)
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
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