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From: roger@odie.cs.mun.ca (Roger White)
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Subject: Re: C64 as VT100 emulator: possible?
Keywords: vt100 emulator c64
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Date: 10 Dec 90 05:45:19 GMT
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In article <1990Dec9.082433.20841@nntp-server.caltech.edu> rknop@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Robert Andrew Knop) writes:
>synth@yenta.alb.nm.us (Synth F. Oberheim) writes:
>
>>I got email saying that plug-in 2400 baud modems exist for the 64, with
>>no interface necessary.  Will Kermit 2.2 run harmoniously with one of
>>these?  And has anyone tried Kermit 2.2 at 2400 baud?  Finally, can
>>someone direct me to a place for ordering a 2400 plug-in?
>
>Kermit should work equally well with a direct plug-in modem and a
>modem interfaced via an RS-232 interface; since, to the point of view
>of the computer, it is just sending commands to *something* out the
>user port.  As long as the device which eventually receives those
>commands understands them (as any Hayes compatible modem should),
>everything should work all right.
>
>-Rob Knop
>rknop@juliet.caltech.edu

Well according to the manual, kermit will only be reliable at 2400 baud
when using the C-128 screen driver. I am not sure if it will work at all
with any other screen driver, but it says the following:

page 24 C-64/128 Kermit User's Guide

	Please note that communication speeds above 1200 are possi-
	ble ONLY on a C-128 when using the COMMODORE-128 screen
	driver. Because of hardware limitations, speeds above 1200
	baud are not possible on a C-64....

That was taken exactly from the manual (word splits and everything :-)
So I guess 2400 baud is not possible with a 64 running Kermit. I am
not familiar with any other vt100 emulator that operates at 2400 baud
with any configuration... maybe Novaterm v9.1 will do the job, I have
never used it but I heard the ansi mode works good with vt100 systems.
I am not sure if it runs at 2400 baud, but it is work checking out.


R. White

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