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

Michael Kent wrote:

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?  :-)


No, it was out of the SSC box.  ;-)  But I consider all the early Apple
cards to be part of the Apple II experience--particularly since you had
to have a card to have *any* serial link!

Of course, the IIc and IIc+ incorporate two 6551 ports, and they also
run at 115kbits/sec, so I guess they meet the criteria...post-1981.


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.


Yes, the SSC seems to be part of a "standard" Apple II.  ;-)


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.  ;-)


Very nice!  ;-)


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 6551 is easily capable of 115kbps, just by setting the right bit.


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.


Unfortunately, I know very little about the IIgs serial hardware, and
even less about its drivers...

-michael

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