Re: Apple II modem question: How can you go at 19200 when apple II isnt this fast?

["Scott Alfter" <salfter@ibm.net>]

Tim in Town <timf@rmi.net> wrote in article
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> Here's something I don't quite understand:  in the Modem control panel
the
> highest listing for *baud* is 19200; in Spectrum v2.1, under Port
settings,
> the highest listing for *baud rate* is 57600.  What's the difference (not
> in speed, but in function)?

The serial hardware in the IIGS is capable of up to 230.4 kbps (AppleTalk
runs at that speed).  When you use a serial port to control an RS-232
device, speed is usually constrained to 57.6 kbps.

> (BTW, I have Modem Port set at 19200 and
> Spectrum set at 38400; when I log onto my ISP I get the message "connect
> 38400").

Your modem is reporting the DTE rate (the rate between your computer and
the modem), not the DCE rate (the rate between the two modems).  Try adding
"w2" to your modem init string...with most modems, that'll tell the modem
to report the DCE rate instead, which is a more useful measure of
connection speed.

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