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Article #1206Re: modems and starter kit
From: jhs
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1986 13:58
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1986 13:58
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The Avatex 1200-baud modem comes with an RS-232-C serial port, which should work with any computer which supports a serial RS-232 port. The Avatex modem has a bank of switches on the back which allow you to "assert" (set to logical "1" or "true") several of the standard control lines such as DATA TERMINAL READY (DTR) or, alternatively, let your program control them. What this means is that if your program does not set these lines up properly, you can still get the modem to put out a carrier by setting the switches properly. I found this handy with my Atari 800XL when one of my terminal emulators didn't seem to turn on the carrier. I now routinely leave DTR asserted by the modem switch, as I am not likely to turn on the modem without the computer. I don't know much about modems with parallel ports. Usually the port controller does the conversion to serial, not the modem itself, I thought. -John Sangster jhs@mitre-bedford.arpa
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