Re: Dell Laptop Modem ... Compatible with Apple IIGS?

[wsmith@ctron.com (Will Smith)]

On 8 Dec 1997 21:00:06 -0500, pubpc1@library.ucla.edu wrote:

|>If that modem is an external modem, then chances are that all you need
|>is a cable (see http://www.allelec.com/).  My GS runs fine with a 33.6
|>speed modem.  It is accelerated, but even with the accelerator off, it
|>can match a PC on the same phone line in cps.

eh?  when i got my first modem, it was a 1200 bps snail...  my
telecommunications program was Appleworks GS.

when i upgraded my modem to 9600 bps, the best i could get was 4800
bps on a clear line, so i thought it was because of the serial port on
the ][gs....  i have (STILL!) the serial cable, which is a standard
RS-232 serial....  what's so different, that YOU can get more than
4800bps?

i still swear on external modems because they don't care what system
you connect them to.  so long as the cable is capable, they're happy.
:)

...Bill