Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site orsvax1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!orsvax1!brent From: brent@orsvax1.UUCP (Brent Chivers) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: Volks 6470 Modem Message-ID: <255@orsvax1.UUCP> Date: Sat, 22-Mar-86 15:01:07 EST Article-I.D.: orsvax1.255 Posted: Sat Mar 22 15:01:07 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Mar-86 02:01:14 EST References: <1326@homxb.UUCP> <1931@trwrba.UUCP> <1241@udenva.UUCP> Organization: ORS Automation, Inc., Princeton, NJ Lines: 42 Keywords: Anchor Volks 6470 modem 1670 Hayes > > In article <1326@homxb.UUCP> bpm@homxb.UUCP (B.MAGNIN) writes: > > >Is anyone out there in netland familiar with the Volks6470 > > >modem. I think the manufacturer is Anchor (somethingorother). > > Is this modem Hayes compatible? Do places like K-Mart and LaBelles > sell them? I tried to e-mail a direct reply to the original question but failed. The Anchor Automation VOLKS 6470 is not "Hayes compatible". It seems to use many signal lines of the C-64 user port for control and command functions. It comes with a program on disk called AutoCom V, which claims it can up/download from a 30K buffer. AutoCom V does not do any sort of terminal emulation beyond a "glass tty", but it gives many options like screen/border/xmit-rec-char colors, word wrap, dialing directory, repeat dial, auto login sequences, auto upload at set time, and auto answer. It does not provide an 80-col screen. The modem will not work with Kermit. (I returned it to the store (Toys-R-Us, a very good Commodore source in this area), so I can't give more details.) The Commodore 1670 modem implements a subset of the "Hayes" commands. It comes with a disk containing software for both the C-64 (vt-52 emulation) and the C-128 (vt-100 emu) and a communication program that supports Xmodem, Compuserve-B (?), and raw file transfers. I have not exercised these programs, as I generally just use Kermit as a terminal to our VAX. The 1st unit I received (mail order) was defective (blew the C-64 internal fuse), but the replacement has given no problems. (I don't have the manuals here at the office, but I will be glad to answer further questions. I also have termcaps for C-64 Kermit.) Except for TTL-vs-text control, the modems appear very similar. Same size and shape, (I think) both have monitor speakers, both work well on local calls at 1200 baud. (That's all I've tried.) My ad searches (Nov '85) found the Commodore $10-$20 more expensive than the Anchor. -- ------------- Brent Chivers ORS Automation, Inc allegra!princeton!orsvax1!brent 609-924-1667 440 Wall St or perhaps Princeton, NJ 08540 seismo!caip!topaz!pyrnj!orsvax1!brent ------------- Disclaimer: Although our business is vision, I do not attempt to express the views of ORS.