Re: Apple //c+

[mairsil@my-dejanews.com]

In article <10NOV199815170384@vax2.concordia.ca>,
  spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) wrote:
> In article mairsil@my-dejanews.com writes...
>
> >Just want to verify something here - I thought I saw in a previous post that
> >the serial ports on the //c+ are like the ones on the //GS,(small) and not
> >the ones on the //c.
>
>     Well, yes and no. The actual connector used for the IIc Plus
> serial ports are identical to the Apple IIgs and Macintosh--like
> them it too uses a mini-DIN8. So, if you want to plug in a modem
> or printer, the same type of cable will fit. That is where the
> simularity ends.
>
>     On the otherhand, the IIc Plus--just like its older cousin,
> the Apple IIc--still uses a pair of 6551's to control the serial
> ports and the very same signal is available through them. Only 5
> of the 8 pins are used and it does *not* support the features of
> the Apple IIgs and Macintosh ports (you can't use the Apple MIDI
> box for example).

Okay, I pretty much expected that I wouldn't be able to use GS accessories
with it, but it's good to be sure.

>
> >I checked the FAQ, and while it had plenty of other
> >facts about the //c+, it didn't say anything about the serial ports.
> >I have a chance to pick up a //c+ this coming weekend, and I'd like
> >to know what I'm gonna be in for.
>
>     Well essentially if you plugged a DIN5 to mini-DIN8 adapter
> onto the back of a regular Apple IIc, you'd have the same ports
> as the IIc Plus model. The connector changed, nothing else.
>
>     As far as modems are concerned, you should be able to do up
> to 9600 baud (on my own IIc, if I try to connect at 14.4K, it
> loses characters and ProTERM frequently locks up).

I think I read something about this in an earlier post, only the guy who
wrote the post said to get a 14.4K and run it at 9600. I do have a 14.4K
modem I can hook up to it, as well as ProTerm, so I think I'll go that route.
The only other thing I want to hook up to the //c+ is the Sequential Systems
hard drive I had on my //c. Thanks, Mitchell!!!



Ralph Glatt

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