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From: AIN1496E@merrimack.edu (David E. Sheafer, Class of 1989)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Hayes ???
Message-ID: <15819@merrimack.edu>
Date: 14 Dec 89 23:26:35 GMT
References: <115200061@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Merrimack College, No. Andover, MA
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In article <115200061@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, ews00461@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
> First, thank you to all who responded to my last question about
> terminal programs.  Many were unusually helpful and I appreciated
> the responses.  And to continue, the obvious next question...
> 
> How can I hook up my Hayes 1200 baud modem to my Atari 800 ?
> What is an 850 interface ?  Do I need one ?  Will Amodem work
> with this configuration ?  A local computer store tells me that
> a $ 20 cable will work.  Will it ?
> 
> There once was a day that I knew something about 8 bits.
> Sort of.
> 
> Thanks in advance, again!
> 
> Eric W Sink
> e-sink@uiuc.edu

   An 850 interface is a unit to let you use modems and serial printers with
the Atari 8 bit. NO YOU DONT NEED ONE to connect your hayes modem to an Atari
800.  If the cable your local computer store is referring is rs232 on one one
and Atari SIO on the other end (if not this type of cable is available through
Sura Corp), thats all you need.  That will make your modem
COMPLETELY compatibe with all the programs designed for the Atari SX-212 modem,
including Determ, SX-Express, etc.  This is how I've been using my modem for a
few years, and it has always worked flawlessy.  If you have any more questions
feel free to ask.