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From: THROOP@GRIN1.BITNET ("Throop,Henry B")
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Subject: Re: Apple II/III modem
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Date: 14 Feb 91 04:05:32 GMT
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[Ivan K Choi writes about getting modem for IIe]

To hook up to your school's network, you should need just the modem (+cable)
and a term program.

As far as a modem, there are internal modems available (Datalink 2400 from
Applied Engineering, $249?), but especially since you already have a serial
card, an external modem is probably cheaper and might work better (status
lights, compatibility if you change computers, etc.).  I have a Supra 2400
which you can get for around $100 mail order; it works great for me and I
never get any garbage from line noise, but friends have had an inordinate
number of Supras bite the dust.  I've heard good things about the Zoom 2400
external ($100 +/-); there are also a lot of no-name or company brand modems
for about the same price around from mail order.

(If you get an external, most modems don't come with cables.  You can make
your own for about $5 or buy one for $15-$25.)

From my experience, the most reliable and useful term program available is
Kermit, which includes a robust vt100 emulator as well as xmodem and kermit
transfer protocols.  It doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but it works,
 and it's free.  I'm sure that The Unknown User will come on and start
telling everybody how wonderful ProTerm is, but its vt100 emulation has
problems and I don't like it that much.  Its kermit transfer (the only one I
can use) doesn't work, which makes it kind of useless.  It also costs around
$100, which is $100 more than Kermit.

This should get you started.  2400 bps is cheap now; you can get a 9600 pbs
modem for around $400, wihch you might consider if you are doing a lot of big
file transfers.

If you are using your Super Serial Card, you must have interrupts turned on
on the card, which you can set with the DIP switches.  Otherwise you will
probably drop characters when the screen scrolls, which can be annoying.

Henry
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Henry Throop
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