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From: AIN1496E@merrimack.edu (David E. Sheafer, Class of 1989)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Hayes ???
Message-ID: <16415@merrimack.edu>
Date: 19 Dec 89 02:27:05 GMT
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In article <1787@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, clf3678@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.L. Freemesser) writes:
> 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.
> 
>      Sorry to tell yo Chris, but a cable will do the job, and no its not an
R-verter.  Its a cable that has an Atari SIO on one end and an rs232 on the
other end, not an interface.
  If you look at how the SX-212 works, you will realize that its the
same idea.  I've been using such a cable with my Modem forthe last three years,
and hae nver had a problem running term software, in addtion have tried others
hayes compatible modems and they all worked flawlessly.