Re: Apple Access and modem

[shack@southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <7opmgj$j0r$1@news.ccit.arizona.edu>,
Christopher J Lewandowski-pearson  <lewandow@u.arizona.edu> wrote:
>I recently bought an Apple //e and it came with a disk labeled:
>
>Apple Access Communications
>
>It appears to be some type of a modem program.  I very recently
>got a US Robotics 14.4 external modem that I would like to connect
>to the //e via the Super Serial Card (or to my //c when I'm on the
>road).  I understand that the 14.4 is overkill, I'd be happy with 2400
>baud!!  
>
>Does anyone have any experience with Apple Access??  I'd try it out,
>but I am waiting to get a modem cable!

Access II dates back to '85. It does a decent job of VT100 emulation, which
it calls ANSI. It can only do Xmodem and I doubt it supports hardware flow
control. So if you want to run 9600 at most and don't plan to do much in
the way of file transfers, it will get you by. You'd be better off with
ProTERM though. Take it from a guy who bought Access II to go with his shiny
new Apple Modem 1200 fourteen years ago.
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