Re: Help with Apple IIc+ and ProTerm on BBS

[cheer@i.hate.spam (Christopher D. Heer)]

It was 16 Mar 1997 03:27:05 GMT.  I was reading instead of working.  And Nathan 
Mates <nathan@visi.com> said:

>In article <332b5e0d.5513086@167.152.149.11>,
>Edhel Iaur, Esq. <LOSETHECAPITALWORDSedhel@bigfoot.com> wrote:

>>That reminds me!  Does anybody know of any external 19.2 modems still
>>currently available?

>   I don't ever seem to recall "19.2" modems available, just 14.4
>modems that could do some data compression/decompression and pump data
>to the computer at speeds ranging from 14.4 to 19.2 (and maybe
>higher). I have seen external serial 14.4s at the bargain bins of the
>local Fry's and CompUSAs for not too much, so they definitely are
>available.

There were, in fact, 19.2 modems available.  Before the 28.8 v.34 standard was 
ratified, there was the usual posturing by modem vendors, trying to push 
proprietary or semi-proprietary "standards."  One was called v.32ter, and was a 
19.2 standard.  ATI made 'em, amongst many others.  (Others supported a v.fast 
standard of 28.8.)

They're pretty useless beasts, though.
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