In a message to Dick Kirk  Andrew Frank wrote:
 AF> If you don't mind me asking, is that Commie really souped up, or is
 AF> it one of those vintage ones?
What do you mean by "souped up"? A C64 is a C64 and a C128 is a C128.
 AF> I could have sworn that the vintage C128 was only twice as fast as
 AF> the C64,
A C128 is a lot more than a faster C64.
 AF> and both where 166K floppy based.
It seems that the last time you've heard about a C64 was a loooong time 
ago. After the 1541, which holds 166k of user data, Commodore made 
another 5.25 drive, the 1571, which holds 332k. After that, Commodore 
released the 1581, a 3.5 drive which holds 790k. Besides, many other 
bigger floppy and hard drives were made, and are still being made, by 
third-party companies.
 AF> I still pull out the C64 from time to time, but I couldn't see
 AF> hooking up a modem faster than 1200 baud to it.
With a normal user-port RS-232 interface, a C64 can go up to 2400 bps. 
With a cartridge-port RS-232 interface (Hart, Swiftlink, Turbo232, etc.) 
a C64 can go up to 57600 bps, depending on the interface.
 AF> I guess what I'm really wondering is what the heck are you doing
 AF> with a 56K modem on a C128?
Modeming like anyone else. I've been using a C128 with a cartridge-port 
interface with a Sportster 14400 at 57600 bps DTE rate for the last 4 
years. With a V.34 or a 56k modem I will be able to use it at a 115200 
bps DTE rate.
 AF> Land of tiny apps, and slow drives.
That was a thing of the past.
 AF> Unless of course, it's not vintage.
I'm using the same C128 I bought in 1986.
 AF> I've heard rumors of processor speed rivaling that of a 286
The SuperCPU and the SuperCPU128 push the C64 and C128 to 20MHz. With 
the SuperCPU a C64 can go up to 115200 bps, and with the SuperCPU128 a 
C128 can go up to 230400 bps.
 AF> and 10MB HDs.
Even more than 1-gigabyte hard drives.
Ismael
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