RG>A modem is a modem, is a modem...


 RG>Amiga owners don't buy "Amiga modems",  IBM owners don't
buy "IBM
 RG>modems", MAC owners don't buy "MaCmodems", so C64
owners don't have to
 RG>buy "C64 modems".

 BC> If so where and what cables,

 RG>The type of cable you need will depend on the type of modem you buy and
 RG>the type of interface you use. The interface can be a simple voltage
 RG>converter if you only wish to go to 2400, or if you wish to go faster
 RG>(I'm running 14.4k) then you need a UART cartridge, such as a
 RG>swiftlink.
 RG>These cartridges are the equivilent to the RS232 driver card required
 RG>to drive a modem at any speed on the IBM's.

My confusion over modems and cables was prompted by the thought that since
the c64 does not have a serial or parallel port LIKE THOSE ON IBM CLONE
PC'S perhaps there did exist `special' modems for the c64. O.k. then a
modem is a modem, but a comm port is not a comm port and I have no idea
where to get a cable which will allow me to plug a modem (let's say a
netcomm m7f) into a commodore 64 serial port. I need a 25pin or 9pin rs232
female or male end and I imagine a male 6pin end like the one on the serial
cable which would link a 1541 drive to the c64. Where do you get these
cables? Do you have to make them? If so can you suggest where I might get a
wiring diagram from?

I have read other posted messages where users have discussed
successful null modem transfers between an IBM PC clone and a c64 using a
terminal program at both ends, but where the hell did they get a cable that
would plug into the c64????

I know these cables exist, I have heard people discussing using them, what
I need is to get my hands on one.

Regards,

Benjamin.

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