Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: LASER 128 Message-ID: <8806190153.aa00931@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> Date: 19 Jun 88 06:34:49 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 26 > I'm thinking about getting either a Laser 128 or 128 EX, and would >appreciate any and all feedback you have about either system. Specifically: > >1.) What is the difference between the two systems? Mainly the EX has an "accelerated" mode (Zip chip speed - 3.8 MHz if I remember rightly). There may be some other "bells and whistles," Central Point's literature pretty much covers it. >2.) Are there any massive software or hardware incompatibilities that >I should know about. From what I've been reading on this list, the Laser's serial port does not support interrupts (as does a real Super Serial Card). If that is so, the some very nice public domain communications software (Kermit for the Apple II) won't work entirely satisfactorily, and some rather nice (and not too expensive) shareware programs (ZLink, TIC) won't work at all. --------------------- Disclaimer: The "look and feel" of this message is exclusively MINE! (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited) ARPA: sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu Murphy A. Sewall BITNET: SEWALL@UCONNVM School of Business Admin. UUCP: ...ihnp4!psuvax1!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL University of Connecticut