Hardware Configuration - Commodore C-NET 128 v7.0 User Manual

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HARDWARE CONFIGURATION

This section will assist you in choosing the correct computer equipment for
use with C-NET v7.0 BBS.
3.1 MODEMS
There are two basic types of modems that are compatible with the program;
User Port modems and modems that can be used with a Swiftlink/Turbo232
cartridge. Of the User Port modems there are 3 different types that are
compatible:
1650 modem and anything compatible (Westridge, Video 7, Total
Telecommunications)
Mitey Mo and anything compatible (Hesmodem II)
Hayes Smartmodem and anything compatible (Prometheus ProModem, Commodore
1670, Linker, US Robotics Courier, Supra Modem 2400).
may be used with Hayes compatible modems only.
A modem is considered 'Hayes compatible' only if it understands basic 'AT'
commands such as ATV0, ATH, ATS0=x, ATS7=x, ATX1, and ATA, RS-232
interfaces, which are necessary to connect most Hayes compatible modems to
the Commodore 128, must be tested separately for their compatibility with C-
NET 128. RS-232 interfaces that have been successfully tested include the
MSD and the Omnitronix brands.
3.2 FLOPPY DISK DRIVES
Generally, any disk drive that can be connected to your 128 and used
normally with SAVE, LOAD, and OPEN commands, can also be used with C-NET
v7.0. Disk drives that have been successfully tested in the past include
the 1541, 1571, SFD-1001, MSD-d2, Indus GT, PET 4040, 8050, 8250, 9060,
9090. IEEE interfaces, which are necessary to connect SFD-1001's and other
parallel disk drives must be tested separately for compatibility.
IEEE interface that has been successfully tested is the Skyles Quicksilver
128. There are two terms, however that you must be familiar with when
configuring your C-NET v7.0 BBS.
DEVICE, it is referring to the unit as a whole.
or two openings each referred to as a DRIVE.
DEVICE number of 8.
128 for use with the PROGRAM, you must insure that each disk drive has a
unique DEVICE number (see disk drive instructions for information about
changing the device number of a unit).
capability is said to be a DRIVE 0.
individual disk units are numbered 0 and 1 (see disk drive instructions to
which slots are which).
3.3 HARD DISK DRIVES
Hard drive manufacturers have recently discovered the enormous market
potential that exists among Commodore computer users, primarily because of
the bulletin board systems that they operate.
publication, we have used two different hard drives, the first, and the one
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When reference is made to a disk drive
If you plan to connect more than one disk drive to the
With a two-disk drive unit, the
A disk drive may have one
A brand-new disk drive has a
A disk drive with one disk
At the time of this
1200 and 2400 baud
The only