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From: joe@cbmvax.commodore.com (Joe O'Hara - Product Assurance)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: set-up for Practical Peripherals 9600 modem?
Message-ID: <22357@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 12 Jun 91 17:42:18 GMT
References: <1991Jun10.200056.29446@chinet.chi.il.us> <1991Jun11.140654.11814@actrix.gen.nz>
Reply-To: joe@cbmvax.commodore.com (Joe O'Hara - Product Assurance)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Jun11.140654.11814@actrix.gen.nz> Roger.Sheppard@actrix.gen.nz (Roger Sheppard) writes:
>In article <1991Jun10.200056.29446@chinet.chi.il.us> saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs) writes:
>> Over the weekend, I got a Practical Peripherals V.32 V.42 V.42bis modem (at
>> a warehouse sale: wholesale on these babies appears to be about $400).  Works
>> just fine, thank-you on my ST so far.  I remember some discussion about flow
>> control (or lack of it) with the ST's serial port.  Modems like this were 3 
>> times as expensive back then, so I didn't save the messages.  What do I have
>> to do?  What might go wrong?  How do I deal with problems?  All this 
>> specifically relating to flow control and a fast modem with data compression.
>
>Well from what I know, there have been a lot of Problems with RTS/CTS
>flow control with all the Atari range, there are a few Fix programs
>for this.

The manual for the modem (I have the same one) recommends using XON/XOFF flow
control in the modem and RTS/CTS at the computer. However, if the poster above
is correct regarding problems with RTS/CTS with Ataris, you can turn off flow
control in the modem and rely on XON/XOFF at the computer.

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