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From: WPW100@PSUVM.BITNET (Will Wong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: 2400 baud on a //c
Message-ID: <89130.215026WPW100@PSUVM>
Date: 11 May 89 01:50:26 GMT
Organization: Penn State University - Center for Academic Computing
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Has anyone out there tried a 2400 baud modem on an _original_ //c?
I'm interested in getting one, but from what I've heard the machine
might have problems at even 1200 baud.  It seems that the orignal
machines shipped with serial ports that weren't within tolerances
for an rs-232 port.  They're supposedly 2-3% slower than they
should be.  Back in 1984, I read that Apple would swap motherboards
to fix the problem for free provided you could prove that
the serial port was the problem.  Well, I didn't have a modem back
then, and my dealer wouldn't do the swap.  Does Apple still extend
this offer?  If not, is it a simple fix?  I.e., is there something
I could replace to fix this?  Thanks in advance.


--Will