[comp.sys.apple2] Apple //e, 2400 baud modem help needed.

srobson@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Seth I. Robson) (05/17/91)

I have an Apple //e hooked up to a Hayes compatible 2400 baud modem by
way of a super serial card.  I've been able to get everything to work
fine with ProTERM (for the most part), except that my modem has a tendency
to drop an occasional character.  I also have a copy of AE Pro 4.2 and 4.3P,
but I haven't been able to get these to work.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.  Direct e-mail would be preferable.

Thanks,
--
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University of California, Santa Cruz (Porter College)
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alfter@nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER) (05/20/91)

Sounds like you have the original ROMs in your machine; they don't
handle interrupts too well.  The only real solution is to get the IIe
enhancement kit; the enhanced ROMs provide much better interrupt
support.

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srobson@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Seth I. Robson) (05/21/91)

In article <1991May20.052002.9956@nevada.edu> alfter@nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER) writes:
> Sounds like you have the original ROMs in your machine; they don't
> handle interrupts too well.  The only real solution is to get the IIe
> enhancement kit; the enhanced ROMs provide much better interrupt
> support.
 
You are correct.  I have a revision B Apple //e (I don't know if I mentioned
that in my original posting).  I was under the same impression when I set
my (Apple) Super Serial Card for communications mode (gee, it doesn't handle
interrupts, so I'd better have that turned off on the SSC).  Well, as soon as
I flipped that one DIP-switch (SW 2-6), everything started working just
fine and dandy.

My thanks to those who replied to my original posting.

--
Seth I. Robson; srobson@ucscb.ucsc.edu  [ The Ascii Assassin ]
University of California, Santa Cruz (Porter College)
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