WORTH IT
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FILENAME(S): WORTH IT
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. TELECOMMUNICATIONS . ------------------ ..IS IT WORTH IT?..B Y JIM KAMINSKI.FROM S C CUBED FEB '86..T ELECOMMUNICATIONS. IT SOUNDS LIKE A.FAN CY WORD FOR TALKING ON THE TELE-.PHONE. HOWEVER, FOR THE PURPOSES OF.THIS ARTI CLE I AM REFERRING TO THE ACT.OF HAVING TWO (OR MORE) COMPUTERS.EXCHANGE INFORMA TION. IT SEEMS TO BE.A GROWING FIELD, W ITH MORE PEOPLE.BECOMING INVOLVED AND MO RE CORPORATIONS.SETTING UP 'NETWORKS' EV ERY WEEK. .HOPEFULLY THIS ARTICLE WILL GIVE YOU AN.IDEA OF WHAT IS CAUSING THE INTEREST...STARTING WITH SIMPLE CONCEPTS , CONSIDER.THE WRITING OF THIS ARTICLE. I DON'T.HAVE ALL THAT MUCH TIME TO WRIT E, SO.MY LUNCH HOUR IS OFTEN USED. SINC E MY.C-64 IS AT HOME, I TYPE UP MY THOUG HTS.ON A PORTABLE LAP COMPUTER. THEN,.A FTER I GO HOME, I TRANSFER (UPLOAD) .THE TEXT TO MY MAINFRAME COMPUTER .(C-64) B Y CONNECTING THE TWO COMPUTERS.DIRECTLY WITH AN RS-232 SERIAL ASCII.INTERFACE AN D A TERMINAL PROGRAM. .AFTER I HAVE EDI TED AND CHECKED FOR.SPELLING, I CALL UP JOHN (THE NEWS-.LETTER EDITOR) AND TRANS FER THE ARTICLE.TO HIM OVER THE PHONE LI NES. SO, FOR.SOME, TELECOMMUNICATIONS O FFERS A.CONVENIENT MEANS OF TRANSFERRING TEXT.ARTICLES TO OTHER PLACES WITHOUT R E-.TYPING. THIS IS GREAT IF YOU DO A LO T.OF WRITING, BUT WHAT IF YOU DON'T?..EV ERYONE KNOWS THAT DISKS OF PROGRAMS.CAN BE SWAPPED RATHER EASILY, BUT WHAT.IF YO U WANT AN ALTERNATIVE? TELE-.COMMUNICAT IONS CAN BE USED IF YOU AND .A FRIEND AR E EACH TYPING IN A MAGAZINE.PROGRAM AND YOU WANT TO TRADE THEM WHEN.EACH IS DONE . JUST CALL UP YOUR .FRIEND, HAVE BOTH OF YOU SET UP YOUR.COMPUTERS, MODEMS, AN D TERMINAL .PROGRAMS, AND PLACE THE COMP UTERS ON.LINE WITH EACH OTHER. TYPE A F EW WORDS.EACH TO MAKE SURE ALL IS WELL, THEN USE.THE TERMINAL PROGRAMS TO TRANSF ER THE.PROGRAMS OVER THE PHONE LINES. I F THIS.IS A LOCAL CALL FOR YOU, THE COST IS.ALMOST INSIGNIFICANT...OR, LET'S SAY THAT YOU WANT TO SELL.THAT OLD DATASETT E THAT HAS BEEN .GATHERING DUST AND ALSO WANT TO BUY A.USED KOALA PAD GRAPHICS T ABLET. YOU.COULD PUT AN AD IN THE LOCAL PAPERS,.FOR A FEE. YOU COULD ALSO GO T O LOCAL.BULLETIN BOARDS AT SHOPPING CENT ERS,.SCHOOLS, WORK, ETC., AND POST 3X5 . CARDS, HOPING THAT THE KIDS OR WIND.WON' T TEAR THEM DOWN. OR YOU COULD USE.TELE COMMUNICATIONS TO POST A MESSAGE.ON A LO CAL ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD,.MORE COMM ONLY KNOWN AS A BBS OR.BULLETIN BOARD SY STEM. ONCE YOU .ESTABLISH A DIALOG WITH THE COMPUTER.AT THE OTHER END, YOU CAN READ WHAT.OTHERS HAVE POSTED, ADDING YOU R OWN.MESSAGES TO THE LIST. THE POSTED. MESSAGES CAN BE SCANNED FOR SUBJECT.TITL ES TO REDUCE YOUR REVIEW TIME, AND.MANY TIMES YOU CAN SELECT EXACTLY THE.GROUPIN G OF MESSAGES TO READ WHICH.CAPTURES YOU R FANCY. OF COURSE, YOU.DON'T HAVE TO L IMIT YOURSELF TO .BUY/SELL TOPICS. THER E CAN BE MESSAGES.REQUESTING HELP OR ADV ICE, MESSAGES.WITH HELPFUL HINTS, AND ME SSAGES WHICH.PROVIDE GENERAL INFORMATION . COMPUTERS.COULD BE THE TOPIC OF INTER EST, OR SO.COULD JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ELS E..THIS IS WHERE THE REAL INTEREST IN .T ELECOMMUNICATIONS IS GROWING. A LOCAL.P HONE CALL AND YOUR EXISTING COMPUTER.SYS TEM CAN INEXPENSIVELY PROVIDE ACCESS.TO A LOCAL STOREHOUSE OF INFORMATION..BUT A S WITH A REAL BULLETIN BOARD, THE.QUALIT Y OF MESSAGES DEPENDS UPON THE.USERS AND THE PERSON WHO OVERSEES THE.BOARD (OFTE N CALLED THE SYSOP OR SYSTEM.OPERATOR FO R A BBS)..HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED WITH A T ELEPHONE.THAT THE PERSON BEING CALLED IS .'INTERRUPTED', OR IS NOT AVAILABLE. . ANOTHER METHOD OF GIVING INFORMATION TO. THAT PERSON IS TO LEAVE A MESSAGE .(WHIC H MAY BE PRIVATE AND HIDDEN FROM.OTHERS) ON THE LOCAL BBS. THEN, .WHENEVER THAT PERSON USES THE BBS, THE.FACT THAT A ME SSAGE IS WAITING FOR HIM.IS MADE KNOWN. THIS IS ALSO CALLED .ELECTRONIC MAIL, O R E-MAIL, AND HAS THE.BENEFIT OF CONVENI ENCE FOR THE .RECIPIENT..ONE LAST ITEM T O MENTION ABOUT THE.LOCAL BBS IS THAT TH E 'MESSAGES' COULD.ALSO BE COMPUTER PROG RAMS WHICH ARE IN.THE PUBLIC DOMAIN OR A RE 'FREEWARE'..SO, THERE IS A POSSIBILIT Y OF OBTAINING.GOOD PROGRAMS AT ESSENTIA LLY NO .ADDITIONAL COST..FOR THE MORE AD VENTURESOME (I.E. THOSE.WILLING TO PAY M ONEY FOR INFORMATION),.THERE ARE COMPUTE RS OUT THERE JUST.WAITING TO HELP OUT. MOST OF THEM CAN.BE USED BY ANY TELECOMM UNICATING .COMPUTER, BUT THE COSTS VARY WIDELY, .AND SO DOES THE QUALITY OF THE .INFORMATION (THOUGH NOT PROP-.ORTIONATE LY, AND ALWAYS DEPENDENT UPON.YOUR NEEDS ). TO USE THESE SERVICES YOU.MUST OFTEN SUPPLY THE NUMBER OF A MAJOR.CREDIT CAR D FOR BILLING PURPOSES. IN .RETURN THEY OFFER INFORMATION WHICH IS,.IN MANY CAS ES, MUCH LIKE A THICK SUNDAY.NEWSPAPER. THERE'S NATIONAL NEWS, .SPORTS, WEATHER , MOVIE REVIEWS, .MAGAZINE EXTRACTS, AIR LINE SCHEDULES, .STOCK PRICES, HOBBIES, ADS, MESSAGES, .AND SO ON. THERE'S ALSO A WIDE SELECT-.ION OF LIBRARY-TYPE FACT S THAT CAN BE.SORTED, SHIFTED, TWISTED, AND OTHERWISE.USED TO ASSIST YOU..ONE OF THE MORE DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.OF THE SE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES IS.THE AB ILITY TO HOLD ELECTRONIC .CONFERENCES WI TH OTHER COMPUTER USERS.FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AT TIMES YOU.COULD BE TALKING WITH THE DESIGNERS OF.THE C-128, THE DEV ELOPERS OF SARGON III.CHESS, OR THE EDIT ORS OF MAGAZINE .COLUMNS. OR YOU CAN JU ST REVIEW THE .TRANSCRIPT OF THEIR COMPU TER TELE-.CONFERENCING WITH OTHERS. THI S TYPE OF.ACCESS TO PEOPLE SURELY MAKES THE WORLD.SEEM SMALLER..THIS IS JUST A S AMPLER OF TIDBITS .REGARDING TELECOMMUNI CATIONS. OF .COURSE, SOME OF THESE IDEA S MAY SEEM .FARFETCHED TO YOU, BUT THAT' S OKAY. .NOT EVERYONE ENJOYS ROCK COLLE CTING, .EITHER. SOME PEOPLE LIKE TELE-. COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE LOCAL MESSAGES,.S OME FOR THE PROGRAMS TO DOWNLOAD. .SOME ENJOY THE EASY ACCESS TO FACTS AND.FIGU RES, WHILE OTHERS REVEL IN THE .ONLINE R EAL-TIME CONVERSATION WITH .DISTANT USER S. SOME EVEN LIMIT THEIR .TELECOMMUNICA TIONS TO COMPUTER-TO-.COMPUTER DATA TRAN SFER AND NEVER USE A.MODEM..BUT WHY IS T HERE A LOT OF EXCITEMENT IN.THIS FIELD, YOU ASK? THE ABOVE JUST .SOUNDS LIKE AN OTHER HOBBY. TRUE, BUT .THE MAIN IDEA I S INTERACTION. SURE, .IT'S EASY TO GO O UT AND PURCHASE A .COMPUTER SYSTEM, THEN OUTFIT IT WITH .ALL KINDS OF GAMES, SPR EADSHEETS, AND .MUSIC PROGRAMS. BUT AFT ER THE .EXCITEMENT IS GONE FROM ENTERING YOUR .INVENTORIES OF STOCKS, RECORDS, A ND .STAMPS, WHAT THEN? DO YOU PLAY JUMP MAN.FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS FOR LEISURE? .MORE AND MORE COMPUTERISTS ARE FINDING .THAT USING THE COMPUTER CAN BE LONELY . (YES, AND I MEAN IT), SO THEY WANT TO .' REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEONE', AS IT .WER E. TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDES SUCH.AN EXPERIENCE, AND MORE ARE BEING .'BITTEN' BY THIS BUG ONCE THEY TRY IT..THIS POTE NTIAL MARKET OF TELEC-.OMMUNICATORS IS W HAT THE BIG COMPANIES.ARE ANTICIPATING A ND WHY THEY ARE .SETTING UP THEIR 'BIG B OARDS' IN SUCH .A RUSH..SO HOW DO YOU TR Y IT OUT? PURCHASE A .CHEAP 300-BAUD MO DEM FOR $20-40. .OBTAIN A COPY OF SOME GOOD PUBLIC .DOMAIN TERMINAL PROGRAMS FR OM THE CLUB..THEN TRY TO SIGN ONTO A LOC AL BBS TO .SEE WHAT IT IS LIKE. DON'T G IVE UP ON.THE FIRST ONE OR TWO TRIES, TH OUGH, .BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME AMBIGUITIE S IN .TELECOMMUNICATIONS THAT YOU MUST D EAL .WITH BEFORE THROWING THE IDEA AWAY. .IF IT TURNS SOUR FOR YOU, THEN YOUR . INVESTMENT LOSS IS SMALL, AND YOU CAN .P ROBABLY SELL THE MODEM TO SOMEONE .ELSE TO USE WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY. .SO GIVE IT A TRY!...1200 BAUD..ON-LINE BY PAUL MOTISE COPYRIGHT 1985.PERMISSION TO REP RINT GIVEN BY AUTHOR...A BAUDY STORY. .A USER GROUP MEMBER WHO CONTEMPLATED .PUR CHASE OF A NEW MODEM ONCE ASKED ME .IF A 1200 BAUD UNIT WAS "THE WAY TO GO"..IMP LIED WAS THAT 1200 WAS BETTER THAN .300. AS CHEAPER HIGH-SPEED MODEMS .ENTER TH E MARKET, 1200 BAUD UNITS ARE .WITHIN OU R GRASP. BEFORE WE REACH OUT.FOR THE NE W TOYS, LET'S TAKE A CLOSER .LOOK AT BAU D RATES AND SEE IF 1200 IS .INDEED THE W AY TO GO..BAUD RATE IS A MEASURE OF DATA TRANS-.MISSION SPEED. FOR TRIVIA BUFFS , ."BAUD" ORIGINALLY REFERED TO CAP-.ABI LITIES OF TELEGRAPH EQUIPMENT AND .WAS N AMED AFTER J.M.E. BAUDOT, INVENTOR.OF TH E BAUDOT TELEGRAPH CODE. BAUD .RATE IS, TECHNICALLY, THE NUMBER OF .SIGNAL EVEN TS ON A LINE, PER SECOND; .A 1 OR A 0 BE ING SUCH AN EVENT. THE .RATE IS APPROXI MATELY EQUAL TO THE .NUMBER OF BITS PER SECOND. I SAY .APPROXIMATELY BECAUSE AT 300 BAUD, FOR .EXAMPLE, 3.33 MILLISECON DS ARE ALLOWED .FOR EACH 1 OR 0--THE UNI T OF TIME WHEN .A VOLTAGE SIGNAL WILL EI THER BE HIGH OR.LOW. FOR OUR PURPOSES, IT IS ACCEPT-.ABLE TO EQUATE BAUD RATE W ITH BITS PER.SECOND. NOW YOU CAN IMPRES S YOUR .FRIENDS AT THE NEXT COCKTAIL PAR TY IT'S.NOT EXACTLY BITS PER SECOND BECA USE.....THIS WILL AWE YOUR TECHIE FRIEND S AND .TOTALLY ALIENATE EVERYONE ELSE. .ANYWAY, EVEN THOUGH 300 BAUD SOUNDS .FA ST, WE CAN ONLY TRANSMIT 30 .CHARACTERS PER SECOND AT THIS RATE. .THAT'S BECAUS E 10 BITS ARE NEEDED FOR .EACH CHARACTER : ONE START BIT, EITHER 7.DATA BITS PLUS A PARITY BIT OR 8 DATA .BITS WITH NO PA RITY, AND A STOP BIT..WITH THE ADVENT OF CHEAPER 1200 BAUD .MODEMS SUCH AS THE V OLKSMODEM 12 BY .ANCHOR AUTOMATION (UNDE R $300) OR .COMMODORE'S 1670, DOES IT PA Y TO GO FOR.1200? BEFORE YOU DECIDE, CO NSIDER .THIS. A 1200 BAUD UNIT REQUIRES THE .SPEED OF MACHINE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS ..BASIC PROGRAMS ARE ONLY FAST ENOUGH TO .KEEP UP WITH 300 BAUD. A 1200 RATE .PU SHES THE TECHNICAL CAPACITY OF VOICE.GRA DE PHONE LINES TO THE LIMIT; HIGHER.SPEE DS ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO LINE .NOISE. NEXT, PAY SERVICES CHARGE MORE.FOR 1200 BAUD ACCESS; USUALLY ON-LINE .RATES ARE TWICE THOSE FOR 300. .REMEMBER, THOUGH, THAT WHILE THE .CHARGES MAY DOUBLE, YOU R COMMUNICATION.IS FOUR TIMES FASTER. S O IT PAYS, .RIGHT? NOT QUITE! IF YOU S PEND MOST .OF YOUR ON-LINE TIME IN INTER ACTIVE .CHATS, FORGET 1200. FIRST, YOUR .TYPING SPEED WILL NEVER BE HIGH ENOUGH .TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 1200. FURTHER-.MO RE, IF YOUR CORRESPONDENT IS BLASTING.SO ME TEXT TO YOUR SCREEN AT 1200 BAUD,.CHA NCES ARE IT WILL SCROLL BY SO FAST.YOU W ON'T BE ABLE TO READ IT. ON THE.OTHER H AND, IF YOU TRANSFER LONG FILES.A GREAT DEAL OF THE TIME, THEN 1200 MAY.BE OF VA LUE. KEEP IN MIND THAT WHILE .THE PUNTE R PROTOCOL RUNS FINE AT 300 .BAUD, WE DO N'T KNOW HOW IT WILL PERFORM.AT HIGHER S PEEDS. (IT WORKS GREAT..ED).MOST BULLETI N BOARDS AND INFO SERVICES.READILY ACCEP T 300 BAUD, OR ELSE .ACCOMODATE BOTH 300 AND 1200 BY SENSING.YOUR SPEED UPON LOG -ON; THEREFORE, .MOST SERVICES WILL STIL L BE AVAILABLE .TO YOU NO MATTER HOW THE 1200 BAUD .UNITS PROLIFERATE. HOWEVER, A FEW .BBSS, NOTABLY SOME IBM PC STATIO NS, .PURPOSELY RUN ONLY AT 1200 BAUD TO KEEP.OUT THE 300 BAUD RIFFRAFF. IN .ADD ITION, MY SOURCES REVEAL THAT SOME ."VER Y INTERESTING" COMMODORE BBSS HAVE .GONE "UNDERGROUND" BY SWITCHING OVER .TO 120 0 BAUD. THEREFORE, A FASTER .MODEM MAY BE THE KEY THAT UNLOCKS SOME .EXCLUSIVE DOORS. ALL IN ALL, I BELIEVE.THAT FOR T HE MOST HOME TELE-.COMMUNICATION PURPOSE S, 300 BAUD IS .MORE THAN ADEQUATE AND W ILL REMAIN THE.NORM FOR SOME TIME..
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