Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!rutgers!apple!mattd
From: mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: 2400 baud on a //c
Message-ID: <30515@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 11 May 89 19:26:32 GMT
References: <89130.215026WPW100@PSUVM>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <89130.215026WPW100@PSUVM> WPW100@PSUVM.BITNET (Will Wong) writes:
>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

This is still a free upgrade, under the same conditions it's always been:

1)  You need to show proof of purchase of a non-Apple modem (which you have),
and

2)  You need to be able to demonstrate the problem happens with some other
serial device.  (This means you may have to borrow a 1200 bps or faster modem
from someone.)  This is to show that it's not a flaky modem you're using to
get a free logic board swap.

The problem isn't the serial port, it's the timing crystal it's based on.  It's
just a little off in those first IIcs - enough to throw things off at faster
than about 600 baud.


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