Re: Looking for a Hdw-Handshake modem cable ??

[yeo@pigeon.qut.edu.au (Willie Yeo)]

Michael Elliott (cv985@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:

: cable capable of "hardware-handshaking". This modem has a db-9 type
: connector instead of the standard db-25. I bought what was labeled as a
: Mac "hi-speed" modem cable, and used a db-25 to db-9 adapter. 

	Hardware Handshake cables comes both in db-25 or db-9 TO your 
Apple IIGS / Macintosh mini-DIN 8.

	It just have to be soldered correctly on the modem end (db25 or 
db9). Most Apple dealers will have them in stock anywhere, just specify a 
'Hardware Handshake' cable for the Mac |8(

: electronics stores, Radio Shack, and the idiots at Global Village, have no
: idea what I am talking about and give me the "a modem cable is a modem
: cable" line.

	If they give you the ordinary cable, it is a modem cable but it is 
not capable of handling error corrections pass the 9.6k mark (even 9.6k is 
recommended for hardware handshake).

: Is there perhaps a source out there on the net for hard to find or custom
: cables?

	Someone will tell you where to find one. I'm pretty sure Nathan 
Mates will have it in one of his Apple II FAQs.

	Regards.

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