HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: wolfgang@rahul.net (Wolfgang Henke)
Subject: Quickcomm Spirit II
Organization: a2i network
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 15:47:05 GMT

gomez@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (JL Gomez) writes:
>Been looking at Quickcomm's Spirit II V.32bis/FAX modem.
>
>Is it a reliable modem? How's tech support? What about ROM upgrades?
>
>Thanks for your comments!
>--
>gomez@enxuha.eas.asu.edu


The Quickcomm Spirit II is indeed a fine modem. I have tested it.   
Technical support is available starting immediately using this account.

I have also arranged an introductory Usenet offer. Briefly, its $242 for
an external V.32bis data and Group 3 fax modem complete with Windows and
Dos fax software. The internal version is $222.

The modem is based on an Analog Devices DSP.


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Wolfgang Henke <wolfgang@rahul.net>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: ZyXEL 1496E feature set
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 18:41:22 GMT

robichau@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (Paul Robichaux) writes:
>	a) The 1496S has the snazzy front panel *and* is the only 1496
>	which supports Caller ID, distinctive ringing, and whatever
>	voice mail features ZyXEL offers
>	b) The primary difference between the two models is that the
>	1496S has a snazzy front panel and support for 4-line leased
>	lines.
>So, ZyXEL owners- which is it?

It's closer to B.  Any ZyXEL with the new ROMs will have Caller ID,
distinctive ring, voice mail, fax, etc.  The S has the LCD screen on
the front panel, support for 4-line leased, and a couple other
features that Joe Modemer probably won't need.
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: Hacking USR ROMS [4.2 - 4.1]
Keywords: Supervisors.ROM.Hacks
Organization: The Gator Conferencing System 219-289-3745 
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 21:36:40 GMT

goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal) writes:

>Yes.  USR stated in their press release that it is against the law to
>alter any USR ROM or even, I think, use any USR modem in a manner not
>intended.

But what would you expect them to say in a press release?  


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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: Petri.Wessman@hut.fi (Petri Wessman)
Subject: ZyXEL U1496-B just hangs! Help!
Reply-To: Petri.Wessman@hut.fi
Organization: La Gata Encantada
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 15:14:40 GMT

Ack, my almost-brand-new (PC internal card) ZyXEL 1496B has freaked.
When it started, the modem would go online as soon as the PC was
powered on, and usually stay that way -- sometimes it would drop the
line and free up the phone after a while. Now it doesn't go online by
itself, but neither does it do anything else! DTR etc. are up like
they should be, but it won't echo characters or acknowledge any kind
of input. I've tried setting it up as COM1 (was COM2), no effect.

Either the thing has broken down totally for some unexplained reason
or the modem settings have gotten seriously scrambled. Is there any
way to reset the thing? The manual leaves a bit to be desired where
the B model is concerned :-)

Any ideas? The ROM version is either 4.10 or 4.12 (I think 4.12). I'd
hate to send the card back for a warranty replacement, I'm in Finland
and the card was bought from the States :-(

groan.

//Petri
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: beng@dorsai.com (ben ng)
Subject: boca rom upgrades
Organization: The Dorsai Embassy, New York's Computer Consulate. +1.718.729.5018
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 22:29:29 GMT

Greets,
        How much does Boca charge for rom upgrades? Whats the latest rom
version? Darn, why can't they be like Supra and give out free upgrades.
Thanx

Ben Ng
beng@dorsaid.com
uupsi!dorsaidm!beng
1:278/706
From: bruce@camb.com (Barton F. Bruce)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Low prices on ZyXEL modems
Date: 13 Oct 92 22:02:53 EDT
Organization: Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc.

In article <1992Oct11.072306.3537@puma.ATL.GE.COM>, rsnyder@atl.ge.com (Bob Snyder) writes:
> In article 4si9RB2w165w@questor.wimsey.bc.ca, sp@questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Steve Pershing) writes:
>>
>>We have for sale NEW ZyXEL 16,800bps 1496 series modems:
> 
> Ummmmm, this sounds an awful lot like the kind of commerical traffic that is heavily frowned upon on usenet...  People offering modems they have for sale is one thing (and should likely go in one of the newsgroups for that purpose), but what appears to 
> 

I think that is the AIDS support BBS and their pricing to end users *BEAT*
Zyxel's price for small quantity to dealers. That is "goodness", and the volume
of such messages has not been excessive. The other 'dealer' seems to be a 
college student probably trying to pay his way through school, and also
providing good prices to the folks reading this - also goodness. 

Now if GE or Hayes starts advertising here, that is an entirely different 
matter...

...just my 2 cents
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,biz.comp.telebit
From: gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews)
Subject: Re: USR DS v.32bis 10-15% faster thoughput over the Worldblazer
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 07:55:15 GMT


larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
>gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews) writes:
>
>>I have no trouble with the idea that his USR can get 1800 cps transferring
>>pre-compressed files with streaming protocols, or 1400-1500 cps on uucp-g
>>with 64-byte packets.
>
>Well, why can't I get 1500 cps doing uucp-g into my WB modem?
>

Hard to say.  If it's an important enough issue to spout off every
few days about it, why haven't you called tech support and talked
with a technician?


In another article, larry@rn.gator.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
>marc@r-node.gts.org (Marc Fournier - Sys Admin) writes:
>> 
>>of the modems that is available for the different vendors?  Like,
>>what *is* the max for my Worldblazer?  What does it take to
>>get that max?
>
>The Max would depend on the type of connection and the type of
>data being transferred.
>
>I would hope the uucp throughput with the WB using uucp-g on v.32bis
>connections would be in the 1550 cps range, but it isn't.  
>

You mean to say YOUR throughput isn't.  Others have said they're getting
throughputs in the 1550 cps range.

>
> I do however get 1550 cps at times on my v.32bis USR connections
>using v.32bis and uucp-g.
>

What's this?  You get 1550 cps "at times"?!?  Are you saying you don't
get 1550 cps as consistently as your previous assertions would lead us
to believe?

>
>What can I change in my WB to get the uucp-g up there with the USR?
>To date, the only answer I have received was from Greg who assumed my WB
>v.32bis connections were actually V.32 connections, which wasn't the case.
>

So you told me, but when I asked you for confirmation from the calling
modem's connect message, you never replied.  As it stands, the figures
you asked me about can be explained by getting a V.32 connect instead
of V.32bis, and you haven't provided me any evidence to rule out that
possibility.


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From: franl@centerline.com (Fran Litterio)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Supra FAX modem (v32bis): can faxes be sent via AT codes?
Date: 14 Oct 92 17:09:31
Organization: CenterLine Software, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: 140.239.3.116

I just recently got a Supra fax modem (v32bis) and I'm wondering if I
can get it to send faxes by typing AT commands to it.  I have it
hooked to the serial port of a SPARCstation ELC (runing SunOS 4.1.2),
and I don't have any fax-modem software.  I want to send faxes by
using the UNIX command "tip" to type directly to the modem.
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uunet!centerline!franl || CenterLine Software R&D                     
617-498-3255           || 10 Fawcett St, Cambridge, MA, USA 02138-1110
From: jerry@incc.com (Jerry Rocteur)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Miracom Courierr HST DS
Date: 12 Oct 92 20:42:06 GMT
Organization: InCC.com Perwez Belgium

In article <1992Oct12.004308.14843@inesc.pt>, vldias@inesc.pt (Victor Lopes Dias) writes:
> Hi, can anyone give some info on Miracom Courier HST Dual Standard ?
> Any info is welcome, compatibility, different xmit speeds, etc.
> Thanks,
>  vldias@inesc.inesc.pt

Isn't this a USR modem ????? If you look at Miracom's ad in magazines
they advertise USR!!!

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From: Bob_Carpenter@mindlink.bc.ca (Bob Carpenter)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ZAP!!
Date: 16 Oct 92 11:52:27 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada

> Dan Brown writes:
>
> Msg-ID: <1bl71bINNmj0@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
> Posted: 16 Oct 1992 01:48:27 GMT
>
> Org.  : Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
>
> We had a lightning storm here last night, and I lost a modem. Looks like
> the phone lines got hit... I also lost an answering-machine/phone.
>
> {Stuff deleted}
>
> And finally... any reccomendations (sic) on how to do surge suppression on
> phone lines? I am pretty sure that it wasn't a surge on the powerlines,
> since none of the other electronics in the house died. Just the modem and
> answering machine, which were on separate phone lines, got zapped.
>
> Later.
> Dan
> --
> Dan Brown
> brown@ins.cwru.edu
> Vote for Gorby and Walsh!


Invest in a PANAMAX product.  A Telemax 2 or a Telemax 4.  These are power
and phone line surge protectors.  I bought a Telemax 2.  It's one of less
than a handfull of manufacturers that will guarantee replacement of any
equipment, properly connected of course, damaged by power irregularities.
Including your lightning strike.
The telemax 2 has two power plugs, and protection for one phone line.  The
telemax 4 has four outlets, and the unit protects two phone lines, if your
two lines are on one jack.  The unit also has extensive power filtering.
Even though I have a UPS, i'd rather buy $50 worth of protection rather than
ship a UPS half way across the world to fix it.

They make a variety of power protection units for home and office use.

They can be reached at 1-800-472-5555 in the U.S. and 1-800-443-2391 in
Canada.

...and no, I don't work for Panamax either, just a worry free customer.



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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: mcphil@med.unc.edu (Philip McNamara)
Subject: What modem is THIS!!!
Originator: mcphil@cahaba
Organization: UNC-CH School of Medicine
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 22:06:54 GMT

Help me Identify this modem. 
Externally it is approximately 1.75 inches high by 7.5 wide
and 11.5 inches deep.  It is white with a smoked plastic front 
panel.  There are didoes (under the panel) labeled like this:

            HS | AA | CD | OH | RD | SD | TR | MR

On the right-front side, above the power switch there is graphic with
the number 2400 between a horizontal red bar and a blue bar:
 
                     [[[[[[  <- red
                      2400 
                     [[[[[[  <- blue

On the left-front side there is an embossed V.42bis logo.  No other 
external markings.

So I says to myself, great I got a 2400 baud V.42bis modem.
Sadly however, no docs or anything.  Lets look inside and see if there 
are any more clues....

Internally, the unit uses the Rockwell chip-set.  There is only one jumper 
labeled E1 and no dip switches.  The EPROM has a sticker on it that says:

                      V42V32
                      EBC8 M5F

The back of the PCB says:

                     COPYRIGHT 1990
                     V42 PCB REV 1.6

-and-

                     hTe-1 94v-0

Any guesses as to what I have?  More to the point, what registers
control the V.42bis modes?  Basically, how can I get the most out of it?

Any information would be appreciated.  Really, anything at all...

Thanx

Philip McNamara
McPhil@med.unc.edu

Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner)
Subject: Re: 40% Discount of ZyXELs
Organization: Penn State Computer Science
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 06:11:22 GMT

In article <BvvuA2.J98@news.cso.uiuc.edu> bwhitlock@uiuc.edu writes:
|I finally gave in and called, [to get contest.zip from ZyXEL]
|and the file did not exist!

When did you call?  When I called on Tuesday, contest.zip was right there
in file area 3.

  Bill
From: birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Question on Display in Prac. Periph 14400FXSA ext. modem
Date: 16 Oct 92 14:39:04 GMT
Organization: Screaming in Digital, the Queensryche Net Digest

jws@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (John Schmidt) writes:

>Other responses indicate that the Practical modems display "Bong!" for the
>credit card number prompt. Is there a corresponding enhancement to the
>dial command options? (That is, can I say something like "ATDT0,xxx-xxxx?nnnnn 
>where ? represents a "wait for bong"? This would really come in handy on the
>road....

According to my PM14400's quick-reference card [convenient little source of
concentrated information] the $ character is a "Dial modifier to wait for 
bong up to number of seconds in S-Register S7."

So, you could "ATS7=30" to store a 30-second wait, then,
"ATDT0-###-###-####$####" to dial the number, wait for the bong, and dial your
code.  The modem manual actually suggests storing numbers in the S-registers.
So, you could do:

AT&Z0=#####		; Your LD company's access code just in case.
AT&Z1=0###-###-####	; The number you'll be calling.
AT&Z2=###-###-####	; The number the call will be billed to.
AT&Z3=####		; The PIN number for your calling card.

Then....

ATDTS=0S=1$S=2S=3

will dial your LD company's code [10288 for AT&T, for example], the 0, and the
number you're calling, wait for a bong, then put in the number the call is to
be billed to, and the calling-card number.  If this information doesn't change,
you could store it all as a single field, say,

10288-0-212-555-1212-$-313-555-1212-1234

which might fit in an S-register, even with all the silly dashes in place.

Hope this helps...

-Shag
-- 

     Freedom belongs to only those without video screens for eyes and mouth.
		- Queensryche
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: larry@mits.mdata.fi (Lasse Hero)
Subject: Re: +++ sequence problem with USR DS 16.8k
Organization: Microdata Oy
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 12:51:25 GMT

tbr@hardy.u.washington.edu (Todd Barnreiter) writes:

>Ok, I checked and S14=001 was indeed true.  After changing it
>to S14=000, everything works normally.

>Except when I reset my modem the setting is lost!  It turns
>out that register S14 is not saved when you do a AT&W.

>What are you talking about this being documented in the manual, reference
>card and modem's help screens?  This is not true!  Every single
>one of those sources says:
>                    S14    Resevered

>No matter what I do, this register always defaults to a setting
>of 001 at power-up/reset.

>Is this a known error in some of USR's ROMs?  I have 4.1 ROMs which
>I thought were the newest for the v.small Dual's.

>If anyone knows anything about this please help!  I don't relish
>the thought of having to sit on hold for an hour wait for
>someone at USR who can answer this.

Isn't there a DIP switch for that in USR's modems? I used to own a
Dual Standard, and IF I remember correctly, DIP switch 9 had something
to do with this..

--
Lasse Hero  -  larry@mits.mdata.fi
From: franl@centerline.com (Fran Litterio)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: How do I find out my Supra ROM level?
Date: 15 Oct 92 15:40:38 GMT
Organization: CenterLine Software, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: 140.239.3.116

I recently bought a Supra FAX Modem v.32bis.  How can I find out what
revision of the ROM chips it has?
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franl@centerline.com   || Fran Litterio                               
uunet!centerline!franl || CenterLine Software R&D                     
617-498-3255           || 10 Fawcett St, Cambridge, MA, USA 02138-1110
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner)
Subject: Re: ZyXEL 16800bps?
Organization: Penn State Computer Science
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 01:59:20 GMT

In article <1992Oct9.203826.12023@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> hughesk@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Kirby W. Hughes) writes:
|Also, are you sure that your 1496E has 16.8 capability?  I just ordered mine,
|and they said that 16.8 (and voice) is $50 extra!!!!

Sounds like someone's trying to dump their stock of modems with old ROM
revisions.  The ROM upgrade only costs $35 from ZyXEL USA, so it seems
pretty ludicrous to charge $50 extra for the features on a new modem.
What vendor is this?

  Bill
Xref: sparky comp.dcom.modems:14894 comp.sys.sun.admin:7133
From: bender@oobleck (Duke of Canterbury)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: Telebit T3000 and Suns
Date: 10 Oct 92 21:37:13 GMT
Reply-To: bender@oobleck.eng.sun.com
Organization: SPARK's R US
NNTP-Posting-Host: oobleck
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

root@kilowatt.uucp (Kilowatt admin) writes:
: >> There is a huge differenc between using a protocol mediated transfer
: >> via slip/ppp/uucp or whatever and a regular terminal type session on
: >> a dial-in line. Try calling a host with tip, loggin in and then dumping
: >> several screenfuls of text without paging through it ... then you will
: >> see what I mean !
: >
: >     I do and I don't have any problem with it what-so-ever.
: >
: 	What version is the micro-code for your Sparc??? Is it > 1.0?
: If so, that's why it works. The OLD microcode didn't work well.
: 	I'm not a full-time Sun user, so don't take my word on it. I don't
: know if it's only Sparc I's, or II's also, or what.

Version 1.0 of SPARC MICROCODE?  Sun doesn't update microcode, you're
probably referring to the boot PROM.  However, the boot PROM has nothing to
do with whether or not the Sun serial driver for the zs (tty[ab]) ports
implement RTS flow control.  Please don't post stuff that you know nothing
about as "fact".

mike

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From: mauritz_c@spcvxb.spc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Hayes Press Release: High-Density Rack Communications System
Date: 10 Oct 92 18:05:28 GMT
Organization: SPC Community Access System

In article <1992Oct8.072108.402@netcom.com>, gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews) writes:
> In article <qmdpfss@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com> vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver) writes:
>>In article <BvMGyB.Kt5@news.udel.edu>, radel@bach.udel.edu (Todd Radel) writes:
>>> In article <6126.2acf0655@hayes.com> tnixon@hayes.com writes:
>>> >
>>> >                                              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>> >                                                        H-2492XXXAT
>>>                                                                ^^^
>>> Gee...looks like a "TIES bomb" to me.  What do you all think?
>>
>>					     (I changed the +s to Xs.)
>>
> 
>   [portions deleted]
>>
>>The previous implications from Mr. Nixon about not wanting to comment
>>on a press release by his employer do not apply.  This superficially
>>appears to be a willful act of sabotage, given Hayes's claims about the
>>danger of the string.  No reasonable professional will knowingly
>>cooperate in such an act.
> 
> I see it in a slightly different light:
> 
> Hayes can put whatever they want into the text of their press releases.
> 
> What I want to know is....Doesn't Hayes WANT their product information
> to be distributed as widely as possible?  Do they REALLY want to have
> people miss announcements about their products because they put a TIES
> sequence in the title? 
> It's pretty amusing to me...

>>Of course, the fact that there has not been a great hue and cry about
>>that string suggests that Hayes has in fact grossly exaggerated danger
>>of "TIES".
>>
> 
> I would be willing to wager that most sites have turned off the escape
> sequence anyway -- even sites with Hayes modems.  Not a problem.

I am fortunate in that my Zoom v.32 modem seems to ignore the 3+s by
default.  However, it DID take me a while to figure out why one of the
users on my machine had problems with his (Hayes) modem suddenly
dropping carrier.  After an hour or so of digging I got around to asking
him what he was doing when it happened and he replied "I was trying
to read an article about Hayes in comp.dcom.modems."

I am about to buy 10 modems for my company to link various offices
throughout the US and I will not recommend Hayes because of this
type of sleazy behavior.  Nor will I buy Hayes modems when I upgrade
the modem pool on my unix box at home (another 5 sales lost).

Hayes has effectively shot itself in the foot as I'm sure a lot of
people on the internet read this group from time to time and that
many of them have a major influence on purchasing decisions at their
respective jobs/BBS's.

Skoal,

Chris
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.mac.comm
From: dkm2@ra.msstate.edu (David K. Magee)
Subject: Re: USRobotics Sportster gets awfully warm!
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 04:30:20 GMT

bkwg0457@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Brent Whitlock) writes:

>A poster commented that their US Robotics Sportster 14,400 FAX modem (ext)
>gets really warm after around 30 minutes of being on.  I noticed 
>this too, when I got mine on Wednesday.  I had it on for several
>hours on Wednesday evening.  Thursday morning, I was going to try
>sending a FAX with it, and as I was doing so, the modem died.  No
>lights on, no response to the computer, nothing.  Flipping the
>on/off switch, unplugging and plugging in everything several times,
>even moving to a different outlet, did nothing.  So, I called
>US Robotics, and they suggested I send it back to the dealer for
>exchange for a new modem.  That's what I did.  I hope that was just
>a fluke, and not an indication of a problem with the modem line.  At
>any rate, when I get my new modem, I'm going to give it lots of airspace
>and maybe even blow a fan on it for good measure.  The rating on the
>power supply shows that it takes 20 watts of power.  

I have had my sportster for 3 weeks now and have not cut it off.  It DOES
get a bit warm, but it has never failed to work.  I hope yours is an isolated
problem.


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