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Re: Apple II modem question: How can you go at 19200 when apple II isnt this fast?
- Subject: Re: Apple II modem question: How can you go at 19200 when apple II isnt this fast?
- From: nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)
- Date: 1997/07/23
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Vector Internet Services, Inc.
- References: <5r40eg$m99$1@mentor.telis.org> <5r471t$pfc$1@darla.visi.com> <01bc973c$22b12d40$a5265da6@default>
In article <01bc973c$22b12d40$a5265da6@default>,
Tim in Town <timf@rmi.net> wrote:
>Here's something I don't quite understand: in the Modem control panel the
>highest listing for *baud* is 19200; in Spectrum v2.1, under Port settings,
>the highest listing for *baud rate* is 57600. What's the difference (not
>in speed, but in function)?
The hardware definitely goes above 19200; it's just that Apple
didn't (couldn't?) think far enough ahead to see when people would
want to go past 19200. Basically, by using your own modem port driver,
you can use the serial chips way faster than 19200.
Nathan Mates
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