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- From: eric@cse.ucsc.edu (Eric Rosen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: Modem cable myths
- Date: 11 Jan 1993 05:22:46 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz (CE/CIS Boards)
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- scasterg@waltham.columbus.oh.us writes:
- >The standard line given whenever anyone mentions hooking a high speed modem up
- >to their mac is "you have to get a hardware handshaking cable."
- >
- >In my experience, this simply is not true ...
-
- Often, a "high speed modem" is synonomous with V.42 or V.42bis.
-
- Although I've been able to get by using a non-hardware handshaking
- cable with vanilla 9600 baud (V.32) connections, my V.42bis connections
- are not very happy without one. This may simply be due to the higher
- throughput between the computer and the modem at V.42bis.
-
- Extrapolating that argument suggests that higher than 9600 baud rates
- would also require hardware handshaking.
-
- My experiences have involved both a II and IIfx.
-
- As a rule, I still think that at 9600 baud speeds and higher, a
- hardware handshaking cable is a good idea for reliable operation.
- This is why I recommend such in the FAQ.
-
- If there is consensus that this recommendation should be changed, however,
- let us discuss it here.
-
- --Eric
-