Re: Tandy/RS TRS-80 model 100
  By: Bob Ackley to Derek Mullin on Sat Jan 17 2009 03:41:26

 >  DM> 300bps.  Whether that modem will be able to negotiate a connection
 >  DM> with one of its "modern" counterparts (are there
modern modems?) I

 > There's a modern (56Kbps) modem on this box, which is dial-up only.

"Modern" as I used it was more of a joke.  Perhaps modems are still being
made and made use of to a much smaller degree than they were ten years ago,
but the technology hasn't seen much advancement in that time.  I wouldn't
consider it modern - just still around.  Don't get me wrong - I know that
modems still have a certain value, that some people are just stuck with them,
that it can be fun to dial up once in a while just to remember what it was
like, but in my mind modems are a stale and fading technology.  (Correct me
if I'm wrong, please.)

 > Many sysops have their systems set to ignore calls slower than some preset
 > modem speed,usually around 9,600bps, thus the modem will answer but the
 > system will ignore the call and it'll time out and drop the connection.

I remember trying, a few years ago, to connect to one thing or another at a
very very low speed just for kicks.  I didn't even get that far - the
handshake never ended.  Who knows what happened - it could have just been a
crappy winmodem on the other end or something, but it didn't work.  Anyway,
whatever the cause our 300 baud friend may run into a few issues as this
project progresses.

dm
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