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From: LYMAN@IASSNS.BITNET
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Subject: 80 column bds & modems
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Date: Tue, 13-Jan-87 00:48:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 13 00:48:00 1987
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Part of my previous questions about communications have been answered.
The majority opinion goes to Softerm II as a terminal emulator.  This
leaves me with 2 questions, in my quest for networking:

1. Serial cards vs Internal modems.

  The Apple Super Serial card seems to be the accepted standard.  However
accepted standards come at a price, and it would entail the purchase of
a separate 1200 baud modem (realistically $150 more minimum).

How are the Super Serial Clones?  I've seen quite a few advertised.

Also:

  What do people know about the Cermetek internal 1200 baud modem (cheapest
option I've found in total) and the Prometheus 1200A (I'm not even sure that
this works for a II+.

Personally my thinking tends towards the internal modems, but I don't know
which of them the software supports.

2. 80 column boards.

   It seems that my Sup'R'Terminal board is a bit of a dinosaur.  Does any other
board use the shift key wired to game port hack?  While I am willing to put the
old board to rest for one that the software will know about I would like if
possible to gain something else from a new board as well (many seem to have
an extra 64K which would be nice for example).  Also I now have to flip a
switch to go from 40 columns & graphics to 80 columns.  Only 1 output would be
a nice feature.

Any advice gladly accepted (thanks to those who have already sent some advice)

please bear in mind boundary conditions:  Apple II+ with 64K and a limited budge
t.

Thank you,

Lyman Hurd (lyman@iassns.bitnet)
Institute for Advanced Study
Princeton NJ