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Re: (ASCEND) k56flex for Macs
>At 10:11 AM 8/8/97 -0700, Kevin Smith wrote:
>
>>Global Village have a K56 modem for the MAC...
>
> The modem makers have ignored the Mac. BUT...
>
> A modem is a modem, and a serial port is a serial port.
> FreePPP and MacTCP are fairly robust, and can be set up
> (by the patient user) to handle nearly anything you can
> plug in.
FreePPP is the only real concern the user has. Settings for MacTCP are
all pretty close to the same.
>
> FACT 1) Macs are set to use CTS only flow control.
This is really not true. Macs are set to what you set them. I use RTS/CTS
all the time as it is the most efficient and fastest. This also requires
a good modem cable.
>
> FACT 2) Since the 56K modems most likely come from the
> factory set to RTS/CTS, you will need to change
> your initialization string to:
>
> AT&C1&D0&R1
>
> GUESS) You may also try replacing the "&D0" with "&D2".
> Different Macs like to see different things sometimes.
>
> OBSERVATION) Less complex than working out a chat script for
> a Unix system in the "good old days", when modems
> ran at speeds like 300bps!
>
>"Next week, we are playing the Mozart..." "Are you sure we can Handel it?"
>
>james fischer jfischer@supercollider.com
>
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