Re: 14.4 modem with Apple IIc

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <884101312.514523137@dejanews.com>,
 <rajagod@rajagod.es.dupont.com> wrote:
>Is it possible to hookup a 14.4 kbps or higher modem to an
>Apple IIc?

   Yes, but with the serial ports on it, you're likely to get
character lossage at the higher speeds. You can give it a try
though.

>I have been using a 9600 baud modem and the Proterm terminal
>emulation software so far.  But the software doesn't have 14.4
>kbps as an option, the next highest number is 19,200.  Is there
>some other emulation software that recognizes the newer modems?

   Past 9600, modem port speed is not what the modem actually
transmits as. Thanks to things like compression, the 14400-capable
signal over the phone line _may_ be expanded to something greater
before being handed to the computer. Thus, you want to use a higher
modem port speed to handle all the data being shoved at you. 28.8 and
33.6 modems should have a port speed of 57600, and the "56K" (*cough*
bull**** *cough*) modems the 115200 or better.

Nathan Mates
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