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   Ed Vance to Bbsing Bbs   
   Re: Announcing the Pacifi   
   20 Aug 16 14:32:00   
   
   08-20-16 06:21 Bbsing Bbs wrote to rbernardo@iglou.com about Re: Announcing the   
   Pacifi   
   Howdy!   
      
    -=> rbernardo@iglou.com wrote to Bbsing Bbs <=-   
      
    rb> On Friday, August 19, 2016 at 12:26:06 AM UTC-7, Bbsing Bbs wrote:   
      
    > Do you know of anything in the Seattle area that will have items for   
    rb> purchase?   
      
    rb>      Perhaps someone from the Puget Sound Commodore User Group can help   
    rb> you out.  Look for the contacts at http://pscug.org   
      
    rb>           Truly,   
    rb>           Robert Bernardo   
    rb>           Fresno Commodore User Group   
    rb>           http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm   
      
    BB> Thank you, I will take a look. I saw some interesting things where   
    BB> people have their systems online, using SD cards, and LCD screens. I   
    BB> don't know what to do with my C64G but I want to put it to work online   
    BB> and just enjoy seeing an old system at work. I would love to create a   
    BB> dialin gateway with it using a US Robotics external 56K, but I think   
    BB> I'm seeing a max computing capability that can't process that speed via   
    BB> modem.   
      
   I learned of some of those C=64 Add Ons by going to some Links posted in   
   this echo.   
   I haven't bought any of them but I'm glad to know they are available   
   if I got interested in getting any of those items.   
      
   I don't use the C=64 very often anymore, but still have it set up here.   
      
   When I got the C=64 and the 1541 Drive at K-Mart I also bought   
   a VicModem 300.   
      
   The 300 speed wouldn't let me read all of the messages on a BBS before   
   it would Time Out and I'd have to wait and Log On again later that day.   
      
   I read that the C=64 could run at 2400 with a higher speed modem so I   
   bought a Packard Bell 2400 External Modem and a RS-232 Adapter.   
   I never was able to get a 2400 connection with it, but it would connect   
   at 1200 so that speed was 4 times faster than the VicModem 300.   
      
   When I got a 28.8 USRobotics Sportster Vi External Modem the C=64 still   
   connected at 1200 with it, but when I used it with the 486 box I got   
   28.8 connections with it.   
      
      
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