Re: ProTERM

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

Paul Schultz (schultp@aa.wl.com) wrote:

: : The easy thing to do is go to your local Apple dealer and tell 'em you need
: : a Mac high speed modem cable and plunk down $10 or so. That's easier than
: : worrying about wiring details and much easier than making your own if you
: : ask me.

: I thought this would be the easy thing to do too. But, although my modem+
: software worked fine I decided to check the wiring of my cable with a
: ohmmeter. The cable is not the same as  what is in my Spectrum manual! I
: assume that ProTerm uses the same cable wiring. So, while a Mac cable
: may work, it may not be exactly what Apple II/IIgs comm. software expect
: in a hardware handshaking cable.

I have a cable from Elpe Enterprises, the official Morgan Davis approved 
manufacturer of the official proline modem cable, and a regular ol' dealer
supplied Mac high speed modem cable. I've used both with a Courier V.34 dual
standard, a Courier V.32bis, and a Courier 2400e with DTE running at 9600.
I've used both cables with these modems on both a Quadra and a IIgs.
I've found no differences in operation or no need to change settings to
work with either. I did discover that the dual standard doesn't like it
if you try to use the cable supplied with a linelink modem with it.
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Randy Shackelford                                 I was internet
shack@southwind.net                               when internet wasn't cool