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From: clf3678@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.L. Freemesser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Hayes ???
Summary: Just a cable?
Message-ID: <1787@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
Date: 18 Dec 89 16:28:33 GMT
References: <115200061@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: clf3678@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.L. Freemesser)
Organization: Information Systems and Computing @ RIT, Rochester, New York
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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.
>
"Just a cable" will NOT do the job.  If that cable is a Supra R-Verter,
you're in trouble.  The R-Verter is a small plastic box, with one open
end having an SIO port, and the two cables sticking out the other end.

R-Verters don't work for $#!T.  I've got one that I use for
null-modeming stuff from the 8-bit to the ST.  As a regular modem
interface, it's lousy.

I recommend either the 850 interface, or if you want expandability, the
Black Box from CSS.  The BB is a printer/modem/hard disk interface with
TONS of extra features.  It sells for $199, but is really worth it.


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