Re: where can i download the various OS's for my GS?

[Michael Kent <michael@syndicomm.remove.this.com>]

Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> Michael Kent wrote:

>> The modem port will do up to 19,200 bps through the firmware, 57,600 bps
>> with a hardware handshaking cable, and up to 115,000 bps through AppleTalk.

>> Not bad for out-of-the-box 1986 hardware, if I do say so myself.  :-)

> Just like the 1981 SSC based on the 6551.  ;-)

Well, now, the Super Serial Card wasn't out of the box for the Apple II,
was it?  :-)

Of course, like the Languarge Card and the Disk II Controller card, every
one and his brother -- including me -- had one, so it may as well have been.

Which brings us to the biggest difference between the classic Apple II and
the IIgs: The classic Apple II came with manuals and needed hardware.  The
Apple IIgs came with hardware and needed manuals.  ;-)

Seriously, I thought that 1) the SSC was limited to 19,200 bps.  And
2) The GS serial ports are based on the Macintosh SCC and not the 6551
found in the SSC.  But as I alluded to recently, hardware is not my strong
suit.

> The fact that the IIgs will do 115kbits/sec with Appletalk suggests
> that with some driver work it would do 115kbits/sec with RS-422/RS-232
> as well.

Hmmm.  Maybe we need to get you and Ewen Wannop in a room together to talk.

Mike