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From: mcewan@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: 2400 baud modems
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Date: Wed, 13-Aug-86 14:45:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 13 14:45:00 1986
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Nf-From: uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU!mcewan    Aug 13 13:45:00 1986


>>Query: has anyone had any experience using a 2400 baud modem with a C64
>>or a C128 ? Can either of these computers support 2400 baud, even in
>
>2400 baud is impossible on a C-64, unless you totally chunk all Kernal
>routines (in which case it would STILL be extremely unreliable, and
>you would be limited to 40 columns because 80-column emulation is too
>slow even for 1200 baud).

Then I must have been hallucinating when I thought I was seeing 80 columns
at 1200 baud on my C64 (this was kermit's 80 column VT52 emulation and
a 1670 modem. It didn't lose any characters and sure seemed to be going
at full 1200 baud, although I didn't time it.)

		Scott McEwan
		{ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan

"Me always knew this day would never come! That why me prepared for it!"