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From: Ian_Upright@mindlink.bc.ca (Ian Upright)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: For Sale: Telbit Trailblazer T1500
Date: 5 Sep 92 18:04:48 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

Two Telibit T1500 modems for sale, brand new, never sold due to not being
a v32 modem.  If anyone in Australia or anywhere wants these modems, e-mail
me with a Visa/MC and your address, and I'd ship em out UPS pronto.
Offers start at $175 US$ each. (or $210 CDN$)
From: rcleon@svbs01.bs.win.tue.nl (Leon Oninckx)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: USR Sportster users you could try this ( :-) ? )
Date: 13 Sep 92 19:43:36 GMT
Reply-To: rcleon@bs.win.tue.nl
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands

This is yet another rumour I found on a BBS :-) Do you believe it?

type the following command on your USR Sportster

ATGW03c6,22
ATGW05cd,2f

and now your Sportster is a 16.8 Dual standard, that's what it said
in the message. Now you could try it of course, or think it doesn't
work... Up to you. Enjoy,

-Leon
email : rcleon@win.tue.nl
From: smccusk@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Sean McCusker)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Supra upgrade Roms
Date: 9 Sep 92 17:58:58 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

Like the previous 4 or so posts on the subject, I too am interested in the Rom info.  Please repost.  Thanks.

-- 
Sean McCusker
smccusk@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Tuition is a terrible thing to waste.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
Subject: Cheap Supra's in Germany 
Distribution: world
Organization: Cuddlehogs Anonymous
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 15:35:46 +0000


In article <+cvnt!a.wolfgang@netcom.com> wolfgang@netcom.com writes:
>rcleon@svbs01.bs.win.tue.nl (Leon Oninckx) writes:
>: in Hannover which is advertising them for 668DM. Does anyone know if

>Sheesh, cheap? I know of a source for Digicom Scout+ modems, which even
>include the software for faxing from DOS and Windows for DM 100 less than
>that. 

So? I know of a source of lollipops at 667DM cheaper than that.  He was asking
about Supras.

This reminded me of something quite different I meant to tell folks: in
the UK the law is that adverts have to say what the VAT rate is, but 
advertisers invariable show ex-vat prices and hide the VAT at the bottom
in small print.  US people who don't normally have purchase tax should
be aware of this if buying from the UK.  Germany is much better in that
their advertised prices seem to always include MWS - I don't know if
this is by law, but any time I've phoned Germany for prices, Tax has
been included.  Of course if people from outside a country buy anything
for export, you should remember to ask for the ex-tax price since you'll
have to pay your own import duty when it arrives anyway.  (This also
applies within the EEC - each country pays their own VAT)

Graham
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: goykhman_a@apollo.hp.com (Alex Goykhman)
Subject: Re: Summary of prices... (PPI, in particular)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 19:17:15 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Chelmsford, MA

In article <mdpn17c.jimb47@netcom.com> jimb47@netcom.com (Jim Budler) writes:
>Alex Goykhman (goykhman_a@apollo.hp.com) wrote:
>: >I can vouch for the Practical Peripherals... mine's worked flawlessly since
>: >early June in modem mode.
>: 
>:     Mine hangs all the time during ZMODEM downloads (from Channel 1, Cambridge,MA)
>:     both with Telix 3.15 and Robocomm 4.2.  Tt appears to work with WINQVT, but 
>:     I can't figure out why...   
>: 
>:     Stay away from PM14400FXSA.
>
>My PM14400FXSA works flawlessly using zmodem, compuserveB, and kermit
>with every computer I've connected with.
>
>You can't download from one site and you advise the world to stay away
>from this modem?

    I had had the same problem with other sites too, but I figured there must
    have been others in this newsgroup connecting to Channel 1, and I wanted
    to hear from them.
>
>You even say it works with one of the three programs you tried, and you
>still blame the modem?

    That does not mean much.  Besides, I said I'd been having problems with
    a PM14400FXSA, but I did blame the modem.  
>
>I think there is something wrong with *your* logic, not the modem's!

    I think *your* logic is a binary one, otherwise you'd realize that,
    beside the modem, there are other hardware and software components
    involved in a file transfer.  The one that PP's tech support employs
    is not much better: I was suggested to either replace the modem,
    or the serial card, and see if that fixed the problem.

    In my case, PM14400FXSA would work with WINQVT under Win3.1, but
    hang with Telix or Robocomm under MSDOS as well in a Win3.1 DOS
    session, WITH THE SAME SETTINGS.

    Another word, my modem would work well with a native Windows application,
    but not with MSDOS ones.  I am no Win/DOS expert but, having spent
    most of my career developing operating systems, I suspected one of the
    differences between the two may have been the way 386's virtual memory
    was handled.  On that theory, I replaced the MSDOS memory extender that
    I had used (386MAX.?) with another one (HIMEM.SYS).  As a result, I
    lost ~40K of memory, but the problem disappeared.

    Now, before somebody jumps in claiming that "386MAX works flawlessly
    with brand X" therefore my logic must be suspect, I'd like to state
    that I do not consider the workaround that I found to be a conclusive
    proof that 386MAX (the one that comes bundled with MS C/C++ 7.0) is 
    broken.  There are more factors than one involved in replacing a
    MSDOS memory extender (i.e. timing).

    Having said that, I wonder what other people's experiences are with
    various memory extenders, and 386MAX in particular.
-- 
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From: rupa@f-454.fidonet.org (Rupa Schomaker)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: err correction protocol--is it working?
Date: 12 Sep 92 23:27:00 GMT


 t> card like a Hayes ESP (with automatic flow control) is the problem
 t> is severe.

Couple of questions.  Are there native OS/2 drivers for ESP?  How is performance
with multiple modems locked at 57600bps?

Just curious.

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: Why does my PC sometimes hang when the phone rings?
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 02:44:51 GMT

stanton@haas.berkeley.edu (Richard Stanton) writes:
>Earlier today, I had been using MS-KERMIT to dial in to a computer.
>I logged off, hung up, and exited. A little while later (while in the
>middle of another program, unrelated to serial communications), the
>phone rang and my PC completely froze, requiring a hard reboot.

A plausible guess:  the MS-KERMIT you have is setting up an interrupt
handler for the communications port.  When it is exiting, it is not
de-installing it correctly.  Thus, when your phone rings, the modem
tries to send a "RING" to your computer.  This activates the serial
port interrupt which should have been disabled and the computer starts
executing code at where the interrupt handler used to live.  Or
something similar.  Try a newer version of MS-KERMIT, or try briefly
running another term program after it, it might restore things correctly.


-- 
Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someones
neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I have to laugh,
because what IS that thing? -- Handey
Xref: sparky comp.dcom.modems:13170 comp.dcom.fax:1654
From: eravin@panix.com (Ed Ravin)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.dcom.fax
Subject: Re: Help: questions re Zyxel FAX and software
Date: 9 Sep 92 17:12:25 GMT
Organization: Not Just Another Pretty Face

In article <1992Sep3.192625.20303@bony1.bony.com> stevef@bony1.bony.com (Steve Faiwiszewski) writes:

>1) What MS-DOS based FAX software packages support ZYXEL?  I'm
>   preferrably looking for PD/Shareware stuff.

I've had no problems using QL2FAX.  (Quick-Link II Fax).  Not the greatest
stuff in the world, but it works.  I'm not sure if you would call it
shareware, but it seems to come with just about every other faxmodem sold
for DOS machines.  If they sell it separately, it couldn't cost that much.
Check with your friends who have PC faxmodems -- chances are good one of
them has QL2FAX.

>2) Is there any FAX package for Windows which can look like a printer,
>   so I can "print" Word4Windows documents directly to the FAX?  Or is
>   there another way of FAXing Word documents in their pretty "typeset"
>   look without having to resort to actual paper printing?

I'm happy with WinFax -- they do some stupid things with the phone books,
and it's a little slow, but it also works.  One annoying flaw with it is
that it doesn't know how to trim a page down to size -- if you're faxing
a three line message, QL2FAX trims the output page to a few inches -- 
WinFax sends the entire page, wasting a pile of thermal paper.

-- 
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eravin@panix.com    | where we are free of our labors and joined back to nature
philabs!trintex!elr | returned to our mammal brothers and sisters,
+1 914 993 4737     | and all watched over by machines of loving grace
From: mjs@s4mjs.uucp (M.J.Shannon)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Motorola V.Fast Modem
Date: 12 Sep 92 00:40:31 GMT
Organization: MJS's Box, Plainfield, NJ

In article <s05ytac@rpi.edu> hsiaoe@vccsouth07.its.rpi.edu (Eric Hsiao) writes:
] In article <18ltvnINN9ge@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> al045@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gergely Tapolyai) writes:
] >
] >I saw an add for Motorola modem with V.Fast.  Anyone have this
] >device?  Is it any good?

I am using a pair of them (one at work, one at home).  For reasons too
sick to go into here (but having nothing to do with the modems
themselves), I've not tried the V.fast mode.  However, they do all the
normal modulations up to V.32bis with several error correction/data
compression protocols including MNP4&5 and V.42 and V.42bis.  One of the
nice things about this modem is that you can lock the DTE rate at up to
115.2K bits/sec (useful only with very compressable data, of course).
On my 386 running UNIX, I have it locked at 57.6K (highest rate the FAS
I'm running supports).

Note: the folks we ordered from wanted us to be impressed with these
modems, and very strongly urged us to get them in pairs.  I very
strongly make the same reccommendation.  Once you get 'em set up right
(not any tougher than setting up the USR V.32bis), you'll be very
impressed, I believe.

Bottom line: a very nice (but expensive) V.32bis/V.42bis modem with a
few bells & whistles I haven't seen collected in a single modem before.
Best whistle: the ability to push ~3000 bytes/sec to another 326XFAST
with *NO* compression (currently incompatible with any other modem).

] That Motorola Codex modem 28.8K is proprietary.  The real V.Fast 28.8 won't
] be finalized until the end of '93, then will be formally adopted early
] 1994.  Therefore, when the standard comes out, the Codex will not be able
] to connect to it at 28.8K...
]   USRobotics Courier V.32bis/Dual Standard lines will be upgradeable to
] V.Fast when it comes out for $300.  

And the folks at Motorola Codex claim that their 326XFAST modems will
also be upgradable to full V.fast when it is approved by the CCITT.

]                   - Eric
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Disclaimer: I am not paid by Motorola Codex, but I like their 326XFAST
modems very much.  'Nuff said?
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: lam836@cucs18.cs.cuhk.hk (Lam Lai Yin Savio)
Subject: Re: ZyXEL U1496E+
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese U. of Hong Kong
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 12:39:21 GMT

bash@tware.com (Paul Bash) writes:

>In article <1992Sep13.041943.12932@cucs5.cs.cuhk.hk> lam836@cucs18.cs.cuhk.hk (Lam Lai Yin Savio) writes:
>>I am planning to buy a ZyXEL U1496E+ . Although there is no guarantee
>>from ZyXEL that the E+ will be upgradable to v.fast, I would like to
>>hear your opinions on whether it has enough hardware to be upgraded to
>>v.fast? (I know this is a tough question, since v.fast is still at it's
>>early stage of development)
>>

>This is kind of a silly question. It really won't matter whether or not it
>_could_ be upgraded unless Zero One decides to do so. Since they haven't 
>announced any intention, it would be silly to base your purchase decision
>on a rumor if V.FAST is really that important to you.

>A better choice would be to purchase one of the USR or Codex modems that
>_have_ been designated as upgradeable to V.FAST (whatever that means :-).

Well, I am using only a 2400 modem and upgrading to a 14.4k modem would
be quite an improvement to me, despite the fact that I may not get an
upgrade to v.fast . Better still, the ZyXEL E+ model will be able to
do up to 19.2k, which is quite enough for me at this moment. Moreover, I
think the reason that ZyXEL does not guarantee upgradability to v.fast
is because they don't want to make a promise that they may not be able
to keep, they just are waiting for the time when they can be sure of it,
and they will make such a promise. Further, I don't think ZyXEL is
releasing the E+ model just to provide another proprietary (19.2k)
protocol.

Regards,
Savio Lam.
e-mail: lam836@cucs18.cs.cuhk.hk
From: Bob_Carpenter@mindlink.bc.ca (Bob Carpenter)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Information wanted on USRobotics Shared Access Modems
Date: 6 Sep 92 04:20:39 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

> Mohit Goyal writes:
> 
> Posted: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 20:04:55
> 
> Can anyone please give me some information on USR's v32bis Shared Access
> Modem?

Yes.

> How many computers can hook up to it at one time?

One.

> How does it work? (can more than one computer use it at the same time?)

It is essentially a V.32bis modem designed to be used on a network.  It is a
plain modem, it's the software that is included with it that is the "heart" of
the shared access.

It can be installed, "in the background", on any 286 on your network, or a
dedicated XT, and be used by anyone on your network running the shared access
software.  It is compatible with every major network, including Netware,
Netware Lite, Lantastic and other NETBIOS LANs as well.

You can dial out with it, but you can also remotely dial in.  It comes with
software for one user to run the software remotely, additional licenses are
available for the product.

> How much does USR charge for it, and/or how much does it cost through
> retail channels?

Sorry, I don't know the street price on it.
Xref: sparky comp.dcom.modems:13095 comp.sys.mac.hardware:16678
From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: HUGE WORLDBLAZER problems...
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 92 14:24:42 EDT
Organization: Izot's Swamp

cahan@bigboy (Denny Cahan) writes:

> We just purchased a whole bunch of Worlblazers through Merisel 
> ( a distributor) and were told that the only people who made
> the proper cable was a company called AESP. I can get you their
> phone # if interested. I am curious what is so special about the
> pinouts.

   Merisel is to distributors what places like Future Shop, Price Club, and 
Business Depot are to computer sales... they carry a lot and know prices, but 
don't expect them to know about the *product*.

Geoffrey Welsh, 7 Strath Humber Court, Islington, Ontario, M9A 4C8 Canada
geoff@zswamp.uucp, [xenitec.on.ca|m2xenix.psg.com]!zswamp!geoff (416)258-8467
         Coincidentally, most people who fight for "fairness" would be
         significantly better off under the system they call "fair"...
From: bkamm@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (William Kamm)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: high speed dial up modems
Date: 8 Sep 92 21:07:03 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

We are replacing 64 dial up modems with new high speed modems that are
V.32bis/V.42bis with a DTE speed of 57,600K, run 14,400 synchronous etc.
(i.e. they must be the latest and greatest and meet all the standards).  
With the large number of modems, prices and manufacturers, we are trying to
select one that is reasonably priced, from a well established manufacturer.
 The modems must be available stand alone as well as on a card to mount in
a rack in our computer room.  We are leaning towards the MultiTech
MultiModem V32B at less than $ 550.  I would appreciate any comments on
those particular modems or any others you may have found to be especially
good in that price range.  I find nearly all of them are very difficult for
the average user to set up and some are not fully compliant with the
standards.  It would be nice if it could be upgraded to V.fast when the
standard is complete.

If you can spare the time to respond,  please send mail directly to me as I
do not read the bulletin boards.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: thomasc@ms.uky.edu (Thomas Campbell)
Subject: 9600 baud w/Caller Id modem wanted (Does it exist yet?)
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 00:06:47 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

I'm looking for a modem with Caller Id.  I'd prefer one that has
9600 baud but, if I can't afford it I'd want one for 2400 baud.
I really don't want to go much above 2 or 3 hundred dollars but
I don't think a person can even get a 9600 baud modem for that 
price yet.  Anyway, 2400 baud/Caller Id would be fine but, I dont
even know if they are out yet and if they are who would be the
better one?

Alex
From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: NetFax & ZyXEL U-1496E ... are they compatible???
Date: 7 Sep 1992 21:14:57 +0200
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1

In comp.dcom.modems, article <stefanb.715284595@rama>,
  stefanb@rama.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Stefan Becker) writes:
> 
>   	fdprintf(f->fd, "ATS7=120 +FCR=1\r");
>   	tcdrain(f->fd); sleep(1);
[...]

It might make a lot of sense to actually wait for an OK from the modem here
instead of blindly sending a bunch of commands and sleeping for a second.
That's (a) faster and (b) you get alerted if something's wrong.

-- 
Peter's Law of Substitution:
        Look after the molehills, and the mountains will look after
        themselves.
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: jimbo@socrates.umd.edu (Jim Bogard)
Subject: Another question about the USR Sportster 14.4...
Organization: University of Maryland University College
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 01:21:59 GMT


Is the USR Sportster 14.4 supposed to do v.32 9600 baud?
If not, is there anyway to cheat and get it like the cheat for the
Dual Standard mode?

Isn't the DS supposed to do v.32 anyway?  So wouldn't you get it?

I'm so confused!

J-.

-- 
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                                            "Implement now, tweak later."
Tech at large
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,misc.wanted,misc.forsale.computers,misc.forsale
From: david@bdt.com (David Beckemeyer)
Subject: Re: **Supra 14.4 modem purchase info**
Organization: Beckemeyer Development, Oakland CA
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 02:28:21 GMT


I sent e-mail to the Supra tech. support CIS address asking about
the Supra Sysop deal and I got back a response referring me to
the Supra BBS.  I cannot seem to connect to the Supra BBS
using my Telebit Worldblazer or T2500 modems.  Is this a
Supra compatibility problem?  Has anyone else had trouble
calling the Supra BBS?  I'm looking for a file called
"sysop.txt" on the Supra BBS, apparently.  Can somebody
mail me this file?

Thanks.
-- 
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Beckemeyer Development			| UUCP: uunet!ossi!bdt!david
From: denny@sun.com (Denton Gentry)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Supra ROM upgrade woes
Date: 8 Sep 92 15:19:42 GMT
Reply-To: denny@sun.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: maverick

In article 715951575@hphalle6, behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Soenke Behrens) writes:
>Good day,
>
>I am a bit in the dark as to when and if ROM updates will make it to this
>part of the world. The Supra BBS has been shut down, and the last thing
>the Sysop said to me before that was "in two weeks". Well, I heard that
>when I ordered my modem, and it took about 3.5 months. I am beginning to
>get fed-up with being thrown off-line by my LAP-M.
>
  Do you mean the Supra BBS in Germany has been shut down? The BBS in the US is 
still up; I dialed in last night to check for announcements. 
  Supra is about to release 1.2G; the announcement was posted to this group last
week. The messages on Supra's BBS said it will start shipping this week. Whether 
it actually will ship this week remeains to be seen. I'm sure we'll see posts here 
whenever people receive their new ROMs.

>So, is there a newer ROM-version than 1.2C? If so, would it be possible
>to make it available via FTP or similar? I really don't want to wait
>until Supra FRG decides to let us have the ROM updates, too.
>
  Supra seems adamantly against posting their ROM code. To be fair, if they did post 
the code, then any other manufacturer using the Rockwell chipset would be able to 
grab and use it. Supra is no longer using  Rockwell's ROM code, but has started 
fixing bugs and developing enhancements on their own. I'm sure they don't want to give 
that code away to their competitors. 
  Moral of the story: you're going to have to wait for Supra FRG. Keep bugging them 
about it. 

Denny Gentry
Sun Microsystems
: These opinions are mine! You can't have them! :

Proud owner of a Supra v.32bis with 1.00E ROMS. It works like a champ for me. 
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems