Re: Modem for apple2gs

[mfumu@alphalink.com.au (Bill Robbins)]

In article <3749ddd7.4456788@news>, CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney) wrote:

> On Mon, 24 May 1999 18:11:37 GMT, Anonymous@microsoft.com (Melvin)
> wrote:
> 
> >          Does anybody know of a company that sells modems for the
> >2gs? I have looked everywhere for one on the web. And what is the
> >fastest modem it will support?Can I uses any modern 56k mac external
> >modem?
> 
> Yes, pretty much any external modem will work and Mac high speed
> hardware handshaking cables usually work (most, if not all, don't have
> the DCD line connected so you can't tell whether you're online or
> not).  However, Intrec still sells properly wired IIgs hardware
> handshaking cables and the pinouts for these cables are available
> online if you want to make your own.

For years I had been under the impression that the GS and the Mac needed
different cables to hardware handshake properly with all the bells and
whistles.  I even got  cable custom made for my IIgs only to discover that
my Mac cable had identical, IDENTICAL pinouts.  I painstakingly tested
them with a continuity tester because I didn't believe it.  I can and have
used either cable on either machine with no problems and everything
reported.  There is a second cable configuration which can be used on the
IIgs (with a different driver), I have one of those too, made myself. 
(See the ANSITerm manual for both pinouts.)  It will not work on the Mac. 
Perhaps this is the source of the confusion.

> I currently use a 33.6 kbps modem on my IIgs with no problems.  I
> don't think there would be any problems using a 56 kbps modem with the
> IIgs.  Keep in mind that even an accelerated IIgs won't be able to
> take full advantage of that fast of a modem.  My 8 MHz machine can't
> even take full advantage of my 33.6 kbps modem but it comes close.

Ditto on the modem, ditto on the "full advantage" except my IIgs runs
slightly faster, 9 MHz.

-- 
Bill Robbins
mfumu@alphalink.com.au