Re: Modem speed?

[dnapoli@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dick Napoli)]

Jeffrey Robertson (jeffr@bnr.ca) wrote:
: In article <3p33r8$9po@iii1.iii.net>, Ken Gagne <kgagne@iii1.iii.net> wrote:
: >Prakash Hemchand (c644452@showme.missouri.edu) wrote:
: >: What's the fastest modem available for the IIgs?  Where can I get one?
: >: Price?
: >
: >Just about any external modem for a PC or Mac will work on the IIgs. 
: >Currently, the fastest modems are the 28800 bps v.34 modems. 

: Pardon my ignorance, but I seem to recall that the Modem Control Panel
: lets you specify speeds up to 19200 bps.  The various share/freeware
: telecomm programs I've seen let you specify speeds up to 19200 as
: well, though some don't seem to go higher than 9600 or even 2400 in
: some ancient cases.

: So how can it handle 28800?  Inquiring mind wants to know.
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: Jeffrey Robertson                    |  jeffr@bnr.ca  |      BNR, Ottawa
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	There are two ways this can be overcome:
	
	1.  The commercial comm programs include custom port drivers. 
	ANSITerm, for example, uses a driver that totally by-passes 
	the GS control panel/port drivers and  and can attain speeds
	up to 57600bps between computer and modem.  High speed modems
	themselves usually negotiate the modem-to-modem speed, 
	separate from the computer to modem speed.

	2.  Users of comm programs without such drivers can use the
	CDA QuickPort to attain faster computer to modem speeds.  My
	experience (on un-accelerated GS) was that 38400 was the 
	fastest such speed boost that TIC or TELCOM could handle.

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Dick Napoli (dnapoli@freenet.columbus.oh.us)