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From: ain1496e@merrimack.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Modem directly connected to Atari
Message-ID: <18482.25d03ac5@merrimack.edu>
Date: 7 Feb 90 15:12:05 GMT
References: <1990Feb7.060203.24025@uokmax.uucp>
Organization: Merrimack College, No. Andover, MA
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In article <1990Feb7.060203.24025@uokmax.uucp>, normanl@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Norman Lin) writes:
> I am fairly new to the world of modeming.  I currently have an IBM here at
> school and an Atari at home.  I just got a modem for the IBM, a Hayes-
> compatible 2400bps external modem.  Does anyone know -- can this modem be
> directly connected to the Atari 800XL, without using the 850 interface
> or other such inteface?  "Directly" includes hand-wiring an Atari SIO cable
> to the modem RS232 cable.
> 
           Yes, this is possible.  I have a Packard Bell 2400BPS running on my
  130xe without any type of interface.  Once you make your cable ( I purchased
  a Supra 1200At MOdem a while ago that came with a cable that was rs232 on one
  end and ATari sio on the other) any programs that have been written for the
  Atari SX212 modem will work perfectly with it (even though the SX212 is only
  1200 baud most programs written for it support up to 9600 baud).  There are
  also a couple of pd drivers available that you can append on to most 
  telecommunicaton programs to make them work)  The one that works the best
  is SX.COM by J. Dillow