Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ucbvax!LSUVM.BITNET!$CSD211 From: $CSD211@LSUVM.BITNET (Mark Orr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Need info on Novation board Message-ID: <9011110301.AA10210@apple.com> Date: 11 Nov 90 02:50:15 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 30 > Very "powerful" modem... But it's only 300 baud (up to like >1200 or 2400 talking to ANOTHER Apple Cat through special software called >Cat Fur). You could get a Bell 212 upgrade (1200 baud), but that's another >card... Not quite true. The Apple Cat could talk to another Apple Cat at 1200 baud at half-duplex. A upgrade card allowed full duplex communication. > This thing did/does neat things though... You can/could make your >Apple into an answering machine, and there was software that made >busy signals, ringing, Europea busy signals, etc... Absolutely...did you know that the Apple Cat was a full 4-voice synthesizer (cleverly disguised). I used to have a two sided disk with song files for the modem. The other side had a modified version of Music Construction Set for the Cat. Other programs specifically written for the Cat were TSPS.2 (the program which generated ringing sounds, foreign busy signals, etc.), Catsend and Catfur (half-duplex file transfer programs), and a mass of extender-code hacking programs (for free long-distance calling). > Pretty neat... I think Apple Cat owners are as protective and loyal >as Apple II owners in general. Too true...The Cat was the greatest...still got mine :) ------------------------------ ! Mark Orr ! ! $CSD211@LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU ! ------------------------------