TR>   > FYI, that 9600 baud Hayes compatible modem for $25 won't do your
TR>   > Commodore-owning friend any good unless he buys a special interface
TR>   > cable to be able to attach it to his Commodore.
TR>  Well he has a 300 baud external Hayes hooked to some type interface, I 
TR>  just assumed that a faster modem could be used like on the Atari if you 
TR>  had the RS232 and a 300 all you would need to add a 9600 was a 9600 
TR>  modem....

Not necessarily.  If he just has a garden-variety RS-232 adapter, he won't be
able to do much better on a C64 than 2400 baud.  But of course, if he already
has a Swiftlink, Hartcart or similar adapter, then yes, all he has to add is
add a faster modem to go up to (something like) 57,000 baud.

MOST  of the early C= modems are direct connect.  Commodore only made 300 and
1200 baud versions, although a third party made 2400 baud direct connect
modems.  Anything else requires an external interface of some kind.

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