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From: lfk@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Lynn Kerby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: 2400 Baud on a C64?
Message-ID: <92sJl3etLN1010c28aE@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 30 Jun 88 16:14:09 GMT
References: <5087@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <10455@dutyche.cair.du.edu>
Reply-To: lfk@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Lynn Kerby)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <10455@dutyche.cair.du.edu> slindahl@tyche.cair.du.edu.UUCP (Steve "Mr. Rourke" Lindahl) writes:
 >In article <5087@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> kenneke@jacobs.cs.orst.edu
 >(Ronald Reagan) writes:
 >>( Line eater)
 > burp
 >>
 >>  Is there any humanly possible way of exceeding 1200 baud on a C64? I have tried many terminal programs, and none has worked. Any information would help me out tremendously.
 >>
 >   I was wondering if there is anyway to get 9600 baud of 19200 baud from
 >the Commodore 64?  If so, who makes these modems?  What other interfaces
 >must be purchased to make this complete?  Will the phone lines handle these
 >communication rates?
 >
 >-- 
 >Do not ask for fulfillment in all your life,  | slindahl@udenva.cair.du.edu
 >     but for patience to accept frustration.  | slindahl@ducair.BITNET
 >                              - Brenda Short  | slindahl@dutyche.cair.du.edu

I think you will have a very tough time doing 9600 baud (let alone 19200)
with a C64.  There are several modems out that claim to support up to
about 19200 over ordinary phone lines.  I think they were described
and reviewed in a recent BYTE or Unix World.

As to answering the original question, I have run my C64 up to 4800 baud.
The latest version of Kermit (v2.1?) supports VT100 emulation and will
run at speeds up to 2400 baud.  Granted, you must use 2 stop bits on the
receiving end to run 2400 baud, but it does work.  The terminal emulation
in Paperclip III can support up to 4800 baud in bursts (again, use 2 stop
bits).
-- 
     Lynn Kerby  -  Amdahl Corporation
                    Sunnyvale, CA
                    ...amdahl!lfk
		    lfk@uts.amdahl.com

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