On Wednesday, December 13th, 1995 - TOM JACOBS wrote:
 
TJ> Greetings all-I have been lurking here for several weeks enjoying this
TJ> area.
 
Thanks for taking the time to speak up!  It's always nice to hear from
our fellow Atari "old timers"! 
 
TJ> MS-Dos/Windoze machine. The point of this message-I have an 850 
TJ> interface, and several 800xls with 256k.  What type of modem can I 
TJ> use with this-fastest baud workable and preferred brands, if any.  
 
You can use pretty much ANY industry standard modem.  The 850 Interface
maxes out at 9600 bps data transfer rate.  You may be able to use 14.4k
and faster modems, maybe even with 14.4k carrier, but the data rate
between the 850 and the modem tops out at 9600.  I find a 2400 bps modem 
to work very well with my 850 Interface.  I have a Telebit T1000 modem - 
which had to have Flow Control adjusted to work with the 850.
Used external 2400 bps modems are very cheap now.  You may also be able
to find a 9600 for real cheap these days.
 
TJ> Also, are there any especially good terminal programs for the 8 bit.
 
Unless you have special needs or requirements, most people find BOBTERM
to be the best.  You should try it before looking at anything else.
 
TJ> Who knows, with some encouragement, I will get those systems fired up
TJ> again.
 
That's great, I hope you bring them out of retirement!  Believe it or
not, there is still a little bit of new software coming out for it.  If
you hang in there long enough, you might see some of the games I'm still 
working on.  :-)
 
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