kcarroll@utzoo.UUCP (Kieran A. Carroll) (05/09/85)
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There is an advertisement in the May '85 issue of Analog magazine
for something called a Q-Modem. According to their advertising,
this is something which stacks up pretty well, compared with other
modems currently available for the Atari. For US$150, you get a 300 Baud
modem, with "advanced" terminal software, modem handler, cables
and interface. It features tone dial, auto answer, audio monitor,
smart answer mode (?), and built-in help (presumably in the software).
For an extra US$79, there will be an upgrade available to 1200 baud
(I had to phone the company to find out about the extra cost).
The company is
Quantum Microsystems, Inc.
PO Box 179
Liverpool, NY
USA 13008
(315)-451-7747
Does anybody else know anything, good or bad, about this company,
their products, and/or this modem? I, for one, am amazed at the
possibility of getting a 1200 abud modem for only $230 (+canadian
exchange, +federal tax, +duty, +shipping cost; sigh).
Maybe I won't throw out my 800 right away, after all...
Kieran A. Carroll @ U of Toronto Aerospace Institute
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Kieran A. Carroll @ U of Toronto Aerospace Institute
{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!kcarrollB9AJ@CORNELLA.BITNET (jim mcwhirter) (11/28/85)
About a month ago I came across an add for BG MICRO that advertised a modem board (300 baud) for the atari computers. they were "as is", and they were selling a few of the microprocessors that went with them, an 8000 series that has eprom on the processor chip. I bought the board and the processor for about $20 total investment. I figured it was worth the gamble. Well, I pluged in the processor chip and turned the power on, and all I can say is that an led sure enough lights up, whatever that means. Here is what I know or suspect about the board. 1. It is made byd Racal Viadic 2. It is direct connect, and works off of the ATARI serial port. You do not use this in conjunction with the 850 module. 3. I suspect it to be an ATARI 1030 modem. 4. It (probably) needs some software drive it, and I have heasrd that the 1030 does come with some software. In any case, the standard R: driver wont work, as it is just an rs232 driver that works on the 850 port. What are my options? Well, if I knew what it was expecting in the way of serial bus commands, I could write my own driver. However, as I have no documentation, this would be a difficult task. I would basically have to treat it as a black box, and send every posible sequence imaginable down the serial bus, and try to monitor its response untill I got the desired action. (desired action=connecting to phone line, sending/receiving data) BUT! If some kind person out there thinks that they know from the above description what kind of modem this is, and could forward ANY info to me, I might have a fighting chance. OR, (better yet) if someone has some software that they think would work, I would be more than happy to send a diskette in a prepaid mailer! In any case, please contact me with any useful info. I have been a quiet subscriber to net.micro.atari for the last several months. I will add my two cents to the fray. I do think it would vbe a good idea to split the list. I have an old 800, and find it bothersome to have to read through all the ST stuff for 8 bit info. On the other hand, I am very interested in the ST line, and would probably be on that list as well. But when I want to read the thinhat really matter to my 8 bit system , I don't want to have to read throught all the ST trivea. But, this is all academic, because last time I heard, WE ARE STILL WITHOUT A MODERATOR FOR THE EXISTING LIST!!! HOW CAN WE "SPLIT" THE LIST WHEN WE DON'T KEVEN HAVE A MODERATOR FOR THE EXISTING ONE?? SOMEONE PLEASE TAKE OVER THE JOB. Correct me if I am wrong and someone has already done us this kind service. Jim McWhirter (b9aj@cornella.bitnet)