Hmm...what the heck kind of cable is this????

From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu>
Date: Fri Apr 27 12:22:41 2001

> > The original suggestion, though was that there was a cable to link
> > Commodore serial peripherals (as used with the C64, C128, Vic20, etc) to
> > an RS232 port. Since these interfaces are very different, in voltage
> > levels, in the bit-level protocol, and in the higher level protocol, I
> > think it's impossble to use a simple cable to link such devices to a
> > generic RS232 port.
> >
> For serial interfaces check out:
>
> http://www.cmdweb.com/cbm
>
> And check out the "Turbo232 High-Speed Modem Interface". With a SuperCPU you
> can go to 115200 bps.

But, but BUT! that's a cartridge and doesn't do anything with the serial IEC
interface. However, it is an excellent device. Even a plain-jane C64 can
manage a 56k modem at full speed with one.

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