NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/comp/sys/apple2/23965

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From: [e-mail] (Kim Brennan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Hi-Speed Modems and //c
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Date: 15 Nov 92 13:03:23 GMT
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> From: [e-mail] (Norby)
> Since it seems that high-speed modems require hardware handshaking to
> operate properly, am I correct in assuming my //c will not properly handle
> a 9600 bps modem?  Ya know, with my crippled little 5-pin serial port and

No, you're not entirely correct. You can certainly still use a high speed
modem on the //c. You just may not be able to take advantage of all the extra
features of the modem (Data Compression for example). Using the modem without
Datacompression in a straight (as an example) V.32 mode you'd still gain the
benefit of higher throughput than a 2400bps modem.

That's the way I used my first 9600bps modem on my GS before I got a hardware
handshaking cable for it. It helps a lot...just not as much as it could.

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