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Originally Posted by Zippy Zapp
1. There are not that many terminal packages on the C64 that work with the cartridge port serial adapters. I think like 2 or so. Just about any terminal works with User Port versions. Personally I would rather have choice of terminals vs speed. At 2400 baud it is fine for BBSs on the C64, IMHO. In addition it does support the UP9600 hack.
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The good terminal emulators worth using support ACIA cartridges, that's good enough. :-)
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2. I seem to recall, but I could be wrong, that the same is true of the Amiga. Most of the terminals that I used worked with the serial device modems.
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That is true, it won't actually be a modem if it's a plipbox, it is a network interface instead.
A basic Amiga can do around 19200bps over the serial port, ok for text use, rather tedious for downloading files. Definitely better than the 2400/9600 you get with the C-64's user port.
But hey, no-one's forcing me to buy either product, power to you if they are useful to you. I want max speed.