Re: ProDOS 8 CDA Installer?

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <369t9i$pab@crcnis1.unl.edu>,
Greg Berigan <gberigan@cse.unl.edu> wrote:
> Most of the things I use my IIgs for are under ProDOS 8, not GS/OS,
> mainly due to the fact that I have no hard drive for it.  Now that I
> have a new high speed modem, I find I need to install a CDA that will
> allow me to set the port speed higher than 19200.

What comms software are you using?  Z-Link and ProTerm let you set the
IIgs to speeds higher than 19200.  TIC doesn't, and I haven't seen any
others.  You'll also need hardware handshaking support in the software.

Do you actually need to go faster than 19200?  I'm running a ZyXEL
U-1496E on my IIgs at 14400, and I rarely get file transfers going
faster than 1600 characters per second.  Message reading, etc. might
peak at over 1920 cps, but the IIgs can't keep up anyway.

> Also, will an unaccellerated GS be able to keep up with an Intel 144e
> modem, or will I need to get an accellerator?  Where can I get one?
> My machine is a ROM 01.

I'm using an unaccelerated ROM 3.  It works fine at 19200 (well, not
perfectly, due to the vast number of extensions I have installed, some
of which are delaying interrupt responses enough that I lose blocks on
occasion in a file transfer).
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David Empson
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