HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: edm@halcyon.com (Ed Morin)
Subject: Re: WB parameters
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505
Distribution: biz
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 16:07:13 GMT

If you want to diddle with the retrain threshold, you can use S404.  The
default value is (I think) 11 and the higher the number the more sensitive
your modem will be to retraining.  You must be in debug mode to read/write
this register.  For example:

	AT~D1S404=20D0

I tried this to take care of a problem with my WB locking onto a dial tone
thinking it was a carrier, but it didn't cure the problem - it only made it
less frequent.  Of course, higher numbers made the problem even less frequent,
but introduced other problems - such as frequent retraining during a connection
which wasn't an acceptable tradeoff...


-- 
Ed Morin
Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505
"Serving the Usenet community since 1987."
edm@nwnexus.WA.COM
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit,comp.dcom.modems
From: wcm@geac.com (W Christopher Martin)
Subject: Choice of WB or TB+ firmware upgrade
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 03:56:28 GMT
Organization: Geac Computer Corporation

After proving (to myself at least) that I had the documented problem
of a WorldBlazer calling into a TrailBlazer Plus with BA4.00 firware
and failing to negotiate a PEP connection, I called up Telebit's support
department.  It took a couple days of telephone tag to talk to a real
person, but I finally managed that today.

I had been expecting to be told about that I required new firmware
for the TB+ modems.  Instead, I was offered to be placed on a list
for new WB PROMs that would be shipping in a week or two.  This is the
first that I had heard of a fix for this problem on the WB side.

I explained to this fellow that I don't have control over some of the
WBs that are calling into my TB+'s and convinced him to also send out
the upgrade for those.

Keeping track of what's incompatible with what is getting harder all
the time.  At least those support people have some job security.  :-)

wcm
-- 
W. Christopher Martin  <wcm@geac.com>
All opinions expressed are my own, maybe.  Definitely no one else's.
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
From: datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri)
Subject: Re: UUnet prices and stuff
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
Distribution: biz
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 21:05:59 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

>Isn't the Qblazer v.32 only - the last I heard it didn't support v.32bis --

V.32bis is of limited usefulness anyway.  I haven't found a terminal yet that
can stream at >9600.  For interactive use, >9600 has diminishing returns.
For file transfers, use PEP 8^)

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Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
From: sanguish@digifix.com (Scott Anguish)
Subject: Re: T3000 upgrade in Canada
Reply-To: sanguish@digifix.com
Organization: Digital Fix Development
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 18:59:23 GMT

Dean Dillabough writes
> I just got a call from LEP today. My T3000 upgrade swap is scheduled for
> Thursday (July 23). Anybody else in Canada been contacted??

	Yes..

	We got the call yesterday.  We were told the swap would be today.  They  
called back this morning to find out when someone would be here for sure.

	The came, they swapped, they left.

	With the exception of a week lag time in getting the original call, I  
am not at all disappointed with how the actual transfer/upgrade went.

-- 
- Scott Anguish -
sanguish@digifix.com (NextMail)
From: jeffl@comix.UUCP (Jeff Liebermann)
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
Subject: Faster terminals (Was: UUnet prices and stuff)
Summary: Hardware Shakes Hands
Keywords: v.32
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 12:32:48 PDT
Followup-To: biz.comp.telebit
Distribution: biz
Organization: COmmittee to Maintain Independent Xenix

In article <1992Jul26.210559.8214@news.eng.convex.com> datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri) writes:
>>Isn't the Qblazer v.32 only - the last I heard it didn't support v.32bis --
 
>V.32bis is of limited usefulness anyway.  I haven't found a terminal yet that
>can stream at >9600.  For interactive use, >9600 has diminishing returns.
>For file transfers, use PEP 8^)

You didn't try hard enough.  I setup most of my customers Wyse 60's
at 19.2kb/s with *HARDWARE* handshaking.  You just cant do it with
xon/xoff.  There is just too much time delay convincing the computer
to stop spewing data when using xon/xoff.  Hardware handshaking is
faster.  To make this trick work over the modem, you have to
have modems at both ends that know about hardware handshaking
and buffers incoming data.  I don't have a Q-blazer, but I know
USR v.32bis modems work.  Any v.32 or v.32bis modem that can lock
the serial interface baud rate at 9600, 19.2, or 38.4kb/s should
work.

The biggest pain in the posterior is the lack of decent
bi-directional hardware handshaking in the operating
system (Unix 3.2.4, Xenix 2.3.4).  You will need a 16550 chip
to maintain > 9600bps.  The CTS/RTS handshake for the stock
serial port is setup for printers only and will not deal
with modems correctly.  One needs to add FAS 2.09, or a
smart serial card that supports an stty clone that will
lock the port into hardware handshaking mode and leave
it there regardless of what various ioctl() calls the
applications (cu, ct, uucico) send.  Not every smart serial
card can do this.  I use various Digiboard products.

The bottom line is that it can be done if:
1.  You use hardware handshaking at BOTH ends.
2.  Your modems (both ends) use hardware handshaking.
3.  You use a 16550 or smart serial card.
4.  You forget that xon/xoff ever existed.

There are other advantages to using a fixed baud rate at the
computer modem with hardware handshake.  My uucp and logins
don't need to send BREAK's to cycle the sio baud rate.  The
modem locks at whatever the incoming modem decides is correct,
the interface baud rate is fixed at 19.2Kb/s, and the
please login: prompt appears instantly (at any baud rate).


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# 408.336.2558 voice  wb6ssy@ki6eh.#nocal.ca.usa  wb6ssy.ampr.org [44.4.1.86]
# 408.699.0483 digital_pager    73557,2074  cis [don't]
# jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us  uunet!comix!jeffl  jeffl%comix@scruz.ucsc.edu
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
From: vrv@cimage.com (Victor Volkman)
Subject: T2500 upgrade
Organization: Cimage Corp, Ann Arbor, MI
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 16:48:28 GMT

Hi,

I have an (old) T2500 is there any way I can buy an "upgrade" to 
one of the newer models.  Thanks.

Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
From: analyst@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
Subject: Qblazer
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 06:58:01 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)


What are people's experience with the Qblazer, both on
bulletin boards equipped with T2500s etc., and on UNIX
systems with same?

-- 
David Sternlight        David Sternlight Inc.        email:analyst@netcom.COM
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
From: fmueller@telebit.com (Fritz Mueller)
Subject: QBlazer $299
Keywords: Telebit
Organization: Telebit Corporation; Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 00:03:45 GMT

		QBlazer Now $299

Telebit's QBlazer, the world's smallest 38.4 Kbps V.32 transportable
modem, available now for only $299.00!

- Pays for itself after an average of 20 hours of use.  Saves four times
more in phone charges over 9600 bps modems.
- Compatible with 9600, 4800, 2400, 1200 and 300 bps modems.
- Fully compliant with CCITT V.32, V.22bis, V.22, Bell 212A and 103J.
- Runs on 9V battery or wall power, doesn't draw power from your portable.
- Fully compatible with all PC and Macintosh computers.
- Complete with QuickStart guide, cables, travel pouch, PC communications
software and Macintosh cable.
- Flawless data transmission with V.42 error control.  V.42bis and MNP
Class 5 data compression.
- Two year factory warranty in addition to our 30-day, no questions asked
money-back guarantee.
- Immediate delivery.
- Order 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday - Friday.  All U.S. time zones.
- Toll free access to our expert engineers.
- Visa, Mastercard and American Express accepted.
- Call now and buy directly from Telebit.

1-800-TELEBIT

Fritz Mueller
fmueller@telebit.com

-- 
Fritz Mueller             fmueller@telebit.com
Product Manager           408-745-3028
Telebit Corp
Xref: sparky biz.comp.telebit:749 biz.sco.general:2633
From: timk@tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Tim Kuehn)
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit,biz.sco.general,comp.dcom
Subject: Re: TB/+ int vs T2500 at any speed
Keywords: Specialix, WorldBlazer, Xenix, uucp
Date: 21 Jul 92 16:32:48 GMT
Organization: TDK Consulting Services

In article <1992Jul21.010633.28125@ryptyde.cts.com> scott@ryptyde.cts.com (Scott McClure) writes:
>timk@tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Tim Kuehn) writes:
>
>>In article <1992Jul15.200025.15218@Celestial.COM> bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:
>>>I installed a WorldBlazer on one of my systems here, replacing a
>>>Trailblazer+, and am experiencing uucico failures when connecting
>>>to other Telebit modems.  
>
>[stuff deleted]
>
>>I run a Xenix 2.3.4, with a TB/+ internal
>>I have (and still am) having similar problems with my uunet.ca connection
>>using a TB/+.  I can't send (even at 2400!) or the connection stalls, but 
>>I can receive uucp from them. Even then there are the odd time when it's 
>>starting a new message and the connection will stall. 
>
>[...]
>
>>Could it be there's a problem that creeped into the 2.3.4 uucp or uucico 
>>programs from a prior release?
>
>I'm assuming that you guys know that the Worldblazer has problems connecting
>to older TB+'s,  (This can be fixed by installing the newer TB+ ROMs)

1) I'm having problems connecting to a 2500, not a worldblazer. I can talk
   to a WB fine, but it's a long-distance call to get to it :(. I'd much 
   rather call locally. :-)

2) The update ROMs Telebit sent me didn't work. After I installed 
   them my modem wouldn't even respond to ATN?. I'm presently waiting 
   for another set of ROMs, but I'm not entirely hopeful...

>and that it has problems with uucico's using a window size of 7 (no fix yet
>except using a uucico that uses a window size of 3).

This doesn't help when I can't get the modems to make a PEP connection.

>Telebit is working on these things.  If you need more information,
>call 1-800-TELEBIT and ask!  The call is free, and the tech support people
>are great (based on personal experience with my TB+'s and WB).
>Disclaimer:  I don't work for Telebit.  I just like their products.

I do too. When they work right, they're great. When they don't ....

>INTERNET:  scott@ryptyde.cts.com                     | "Nuke the homeless gay

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Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit,comp.dcom.modems
From: larry@trauma.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: dialer program for WB
Organization: Gator Conferencing Systems - 219-289-0777 - 6 lines
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 16:24:07 GMT

Has anyone put together a dialer program for the WB?

-- 
Larry Snyder                                    internet: larry@gator.rn.com
4950 Estero Blvd, Ft. Myers Beach, FL            uucp: uunet!rde!nstar!larry
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
From: tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon)
Subject: Re: CLEARANCE SALE ON TELEBIT MODEMS
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 05:05:21 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

In article <1992Jul28.215817.3145@tygra.Michigan.COM> orders@Buster.Michigan.COM (DDMI Sales) writes:

Note the lack of a name.  I guess John Palmer is just too well-known an
object of disgust in these parts.  Of course, that does make sense...

>
>********* SPECIAL CLEARANCE SALE *************

God, your reputation must really be catching up with you.  It's about time.

>
>We have a limited quantity of the following Telebit
>Modems for the following prices:

_Very_ limited, I'm sure.  Just like last time, _Tremendously_ limited, until
you run your next ad alleging that you've a "few" more modems to sell at "great"
prices.

[...]
>Club/Carte Blanc accepted. Order soon as supplies are expected to go fast!!

How interesting.  Did they last time?  If so, why is it just one SUPER HYPER
CLEARANCE WAY-K00L MUST-GO SALE after another over at your place?

>
>Michigan Network Systems.  34486 S. Gratiot Ave.  Mt. Clemens, MI  48043
>  1-800-736-5984   Local Number: +1 313 790 6430   Fax: +1 313 790 6437

Gosh, you moved!  Of course, the last time I noticed your address was about a
month ago, when you threatened to sue me.  Of course, I never _did_ get
anything from your Virtual Lawyer.  Hey, I'm still saying bad things about you.
Feel free to threaten me with legal action again...

I can't believe you're still trying to milk the net for money, after spending
so long trying to pound it into dust.
-- 
Thor Lancelot Simon	 tls@panix.COM
  "Oh, you have wounded me!  I have very few prejudices, actually.  The
biggest problem is that I am intolerant of fools.  That is why I have
such a low tolerance level for Libertarians."  -- Jim McMaster
From: andrew@postmod.NASHUA.NH.US (andrew richardson)
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
Subject: Re: CLEARANCE SALE ON TELEBIT MODEMS
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 20:39:05 EDT
Reply-To: andrew@postmod.nashua.nh.us
Distribution: world
Organization: fredd's famous computers
X-Newsreader: Arn V1.00 beta rel1

In article <_2nm95#.mbk@netcom.com>, Miles Kehoe writes:

> Fry's Electronics in Sunnyvale was selling the QBlazer 
> cube modem (about 1.5 inch on a side) which supports
> v.32 and v.42 I believe, and can handle 38400 baud,
> for about $300. I just bought one for $325 and felt
> good until I saw Fry's prices. I'm not sure how the
> worldblazer, t2500 or t3000 are different, but they are
> alot more expensive!
> 
> Also... is this commercial use of the net or what?
> 
> Miles

	miles, that's what the biz.* groups are for...

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andrew richardson                                andrew@postmod.nashua.nh.us
                              hey, steempy...
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From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
Subject: Re: UUnet prices and stuff
Date: 21 Jul 92 21:55:53 GMT
Distribution: biz
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central

TLHO> == The Long Haired One <rocker@csa.bu.edu> 

 TLHO> Where do I get in touch with uunet people who sell Telebits
 TLHO> and/or find their current prices?

Mail modems@uunet.uu.net, or look on ftp.uu.net in uunet-info/modem-prices.
--
Christopher Davis * ckd@eff.org * System Administrator, EFF * +1 617 864 0665
   ``The First Amendment is often inconvenient.  But that is besides the
  point.  Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation
         to tolerate speech.'' --Justice Anthony Kennedy, in 91-155
Xref: sparky biz.comp.telebit:750 biz.sco.general:2634
From: timk@tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Tim Kuehn)
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit,biz.sco.general,comp.dcom
Subject: Re: TB/+ int vs T2500 at any speed
Keywords: Specialix, WorldBlazer, Xenix, uucp
Date: 21 Jul 92 16:36:28 GMT
Organization: TDK Consulting Services

In article <1992Jul18.185623.9207@Celestial.COM> bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:
>In <1992Jul17.184332.1059@tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca> timk@tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Tim Kuehn) writes:
>:I run a Xenix 2.3.4, with a TB/+ internal
>
>:I have (and still am) having similar problems with my uunet.ca connection
>:using a TB/+.  I can't send (even at 2400!) or the connection stalls, but 
>:I can receive uucp from them. Even then there are the odd time when it's 
>:starting a new message and the connection will stall. 
>
>I found what may have been part of the problem.  I'm using a
>modified version of the dialTBALL.c source, and when I looked at
>the ioctl calls and found that the RTSFLOW|CTSFLOW had been
>commented out.  

I have a dialTBIT program from SCO that I modified heavily in order to 
make my internal TB work properly. There's no internal EEPROM I can save
registers/etc. to, so every time the modem hangs up or gets initialized 
I have to download the complete configuration sequence.

>The following patch seems to have improved things
>considerably (line numbers are probably way off since I've added
>a bunch of other modems to the source).


>:Another problem I have is connecting to a 2500. I used to be able to 
>:connect to it on a regular basis, even if it had to call two or three 
>:times to make a connection. Now it won't connect at all. I know there's
>:updated ROMs I can get, but when TB sent them here, I plugged them in and
>:then my modem wouldn't respond to anything I did. Back to the old ROMs.
>
>Greg Andrews posted something about this a while back.

This applies only if you're running with an external TB with the EEPROM. 
My internal TB has no such configuration EEPROM installed.

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From: rocker@csa.bu.edu (The Long Haired One)
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
Subject: UUnet prices and stuff
Date: 21 Jul 92 16:32:16 GMT
Distribution: biz
Organization: Boston University


Where do I get in touch with uunet people who sell Telebits and/or find
their current prices?

-Rocker
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
From: larry@trauma.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: UUnet prices and stuff
Organization: Gator Conferencing Systems - 219-289-0777 - 6 lines
Distribution: biz
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 13:18:26 GMT

lfm@pgroup.com (Larry Meadows) writes:

>Actually, telebit just dropped the price to $299 list (which annoyed lots
>of people that payed $379 under LPA).  Apparently it sells for $299 at
>Fry's in the Bay Area.  I'm curious if resellers are seeing a big discount
>off of the $299 price.

Isn't the Qblazer v.32 only - the last I heard it didn't support v.32bis --

-- 
Larry Snyder                                    internet: larry@gator.rn.com
4950 Estero Blvd, Ft. Myers Beach, FL            uucp: uunet!rde!nstar!larry
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
From: lfm@pgroup.com (Larry Meadows)
Subject: Re: UUnet prices and stuff
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 00:38:09 GMT
Distribution: biz
Organization: The Portland Group, Portland, OR

In article <14kormINN3f4@rodan.UU.NET> rick@rodan.UU.NET (Rick Adams) writes:
>In article <1992Jul22.063530.24071@csus.edu>, eps@futon.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes:
>> It hasn't been updated for a while; it shows UUNET's "substantial
>> discount" price for the QBlazer as $299--that's FULL PRICE these
>> days (and we all know that "nobody" pays that).
>> 
>> BTW, are the vendor/telebit/ files ever going to be attended to?
>
>The list price is $599, so $299 is 50% off. THe fact that you can get
>that price elsewhere does not make it a bad deal.
>
>
>---rick

Actually, telebit just dropped the price to $299 list (which annoyed lots
of people that payed $379 under LPA).  Apparently it sells for $299 at
Fry's in the Bay Area.  I'm curious if resellers are seeing a big discount
off of the $299 price.


-- 
Larry Meadows		The Portland Group
lfm@pgroup.com
From: rick@rodan.UU.NET (Rick Adams)
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
Subject: Re: UUnet prices and stuff
Date: 23 Jul 1992 23:50:18 -0400
Organization: UUNET Communications
Distribution: biz
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net


> >The list price is $599, so $299 is 50% off. THe fact that you can get
> >that price elsewhere does not make it a bad deal.
> >

> Actually, telebit just dropped the price to $299 list (which annoyed lots
> of people that payed $379 under LPA).  Apparently it sells for $299 at
> Fry's in the Bay Area.  I'm curious if resellers are seeing a big discount
> off of the $299 price.

No, the list price is $599. Reseller discounts are based off of the
list price. There's obviously not much margin in selling at $299, but
since you can buy it direct from Telebit, thats as high as
you can charge.

--rick
Newsgroups: biz.comp.telebit
From: jp@tygra.Michigan.COM (John Palmer)
Subject: Re: CLEARANCE SALE ON TELEBIT MODEMS
Organization: CAT-TALK Conferencing Network, Detroit, MI
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 19:52:25 GMT

In article <1992Jul30.050521.23400@panix.com> tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) writes:
"In article <1992Jul28.215817.3145@tygra.Michigan.COM> orders@Buster.Michigan.COM (DDMI Sales) writes:
"
"Note the lack of a name.  I guess John Palmer is just too well-known an
"object of disgust in these parts.  Of course, that does make sense...
"

All official company posts come from the same account. Thats common.

">
">********* SPECIAL CLEARANCE SALE *************
"
"God, your reputation must really be catching up with you.  It's about time.
"

Why do you say that? We've got extra stuff in stock and need to get rid
of it.

">
">We have a limited quantity of the following Telebit
">Modems for the following prices:
"
"_Very_ limited, I'm sure.  Just like last time, _Tremendously_ limited, until
"you run your next ad alleging that you've a "few" more modems to sell at "great"
"prices.
"

We didn't sell all of them last time, so until I can sell them, I'll keep
lowering the prices.

"[...]
">Club/Carte Blanc accepted. Order soon as supplies are expected to go fast!!
"
"How interesting.  Did they last time?  If so, why is it just one SUPER HYPER
"CLEARANCE WAY-K00L MUST-GO SALE after another over at your place?
"

Yes, they did last - thats the problem.

">
">Michigan Network Systems.  34486 S. Gratiot Ave.  Mt. Clemens, MI  48043
">  1-800-736-5984   Local Number: +1 313 790 6430   Fax: +1 313 790 6437
"
"Gosh, you moved!  Of course, the last time I noticed your address was about a
"month ago, when you threatened to sue me.  Of course, I never _did_ get
"anything from your Virtual Lawyer.  Hey, I'm still saying bad things about you.
"Feel free to threaten me with legal action again...
"

We haven't moved. We're in the same place as last time.

"I can't believe you're still trying to milk the net for money, after spending
"so long trying to pound it into dust.
"-- 

"Milk the net!! At these prices, I doubt it. Tell you what - just to let 
you know I'm serious, I'll lower the prices AGAIN. 

    I have ONE WorldBlazer left. You can have it for $525.00
    I have NINE T3000's left. They are now $425.00
    I have FIVE T2500's left. They are now $425.00

All of these are NEW! I promise you, you will not see any more sales from 
us like this again. 

You can call us at 1-800-736-5984, 24 HOURS A DAY. If a sales person is not
in, leave your name and how many modems you want. 

"Thor Lancelot Simon	 tls@panix.COM


Talk about real names?? I'm sure "Thor Lancelot Simon" is you real name. 
or is it "Do as I say, Not as I do???"

John Palmer
My real name.
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+1 313 790 6426 (USR HST)      | MICHIGAN NETWORK SYSTEMS, INC.  
+1 313 790 6432 (TELEBIT PEP)  | 800-736-5984  FAX: 313-790-6437 
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