jdl47513@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jason Lowe) (03/06/91)
I need some help with hooking up multiple modems to an atari 8-bit. I was hoping to do something like Diversi-Dial (tm) for the Apple. I would need to hook up 5 or more modems if possible. The more the merrier. As far as speed, I probably would only need to handle 300 baud, maybe 1200 or more if the CPU could take the punishment of all that data. If anyone knows a relatively economical way of doing this, please let me know. Thanks! Jason Lowe j-lowe2@uiuc.edu
snyder@chopin.udel.edu (Mayleen G Snyder) (03/06/91)
In article <1991Mar5.194541.21779@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jdl47513@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jason Lowe) writes: >I need some help with hooking up multiple modems to an atari 8-bit. I was >hoping to do something like Diversi-Dial (tm) for the Apple. I would need to >hook up 5 or more modems if possible. The more the merrier. As far as speed, >I probably would only need to handle 300 baud, maybe 1200 or more if the CPU >could take the punishment of all that data. If anyone knows a relatively >economical way of doing this, please let me know. Thanks! > if you know hardware hacking you could hookup a few 6552's to the system (read charlie hughs multi-PIA upgrade and base it off that....if you are making your own software then you could get two or three 800's link them thru joystick 3 and use 0-2 for a MPP/Supra modems in the 1000e series (foud for $10-$20 each...) this would be a good for 300 baud only tho'....another thing if you have a little cash is find a multi-serial card that hooks to the SCSI interface and get a black box or a MI/O (but you would need a company that would give the info for interfacing for it) Sloopy X. Malibu Snyder@brahms.udel.edu (chris luckey) snyder@mocha.acs.udel.edu
gdtltr@brahms.udel.edu (root@research.bdi.com (Systems Research Supervisor)) (03/06/91)
In article <1991Mar5.194541.21779@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jdl47513@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jason Lowe) writes: =>I need some help with hooking up multiple modems to an atari 8-bit. I was =>hoping to do something like Diversi-Dial (tm) for the Apple. I would need to =>hook up 5 or more modems if possible. The more the merrier. As far as speed, =>I probably would only need to handle 300 baud, maybe 1200 or more if the CPU =>could take the punishment of all that data. If anyone knows a relatively =>economical way of doing this, please let me know. Thanks! => I believe that some of the old MPP modems used to plug into the joystick ports. With an 800 and an 850 interface (with 3 (?) modem ports) that will give you a chance for 7. I believe I have seen ads for an Atari BBS to use multiple MPP's. =>Jason Lowe =>j-lowe2@uiuc.edu Gary Duzan Time Lord Third Regeneration -- gdtltr@brahms.udel.edu _o_ ---------------------- _o_ [|o o|] Two CPU's are better than one; N CPU's would be real nice. [|o o|] |_o_| Disclaimer: I AM Brain Dead Innovations, Inc. |_o_|
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I should have mentioned that I have an 800xl with Rambo upgrade and a 1200xl. The idea of hooking MPP modems to the joystick ports sounds good though. Possibly I could do that with my present 800xl or pick up a cheap 800. I would rather do this with just my 800xl and take use of the Rambo upgrade. This would be a multi-line chat system only, so 300 baud would be acceptable. Hardly any disk access that I can forsee. That would leave most of the time to handle all that data streaming in from the modems. Any other ideas? Thanks in advance! Jason Lowe j-lowe2@uiuc.edu