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From: jjh@col.hp.com (Jeff Haeffele-x3570)
Subject: Re: Supra's Dialtone detection
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 18:12:36 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

sap@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Stephan A. Puga) writes:
> What was the resolution to a Supra 14.4K not being able to detect
> the dialtone?  Does anyone have a clue as to what the voltage on
> the line should be?  Please, this is the second time I have posted
> concerning this subject, somebody answer me!!!

Don't know if this will help but I've noticed that if all the phones in
my house are connected in parallel with the modem then the supra will
not recognize the dialtone.  If I disconnect some of the phones there is
no problem.  I've since installed a phone/fax/modem switch in series
with the modem and the phones that effectively isolates the modem
without disconnecting the phones.  You could achieve the same thing
by connecting your phones to the modem phone out jack.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: fagundes@iastate.edu (Alex Fagundes)
Subject: Help with Racal-Vadia VA212 modem
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 06:45:27 GMT

Hi,
  I would like to find someone who could help me figure out a few things
about this modem (Racal-Vadic Auto Dial VA212). This is a pretty old
1200 baud modem.
thanx...



Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: liuxu@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Xudong Liu)
Subject: 1200bps modem wanted
Originator: liuxu@seccs
Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 19:51:26 GMT



Anybody can tell me where to buy a cheap external 1200bps modems?

Thanks.
From: rkoo1@descartes.uwaterloo.ca (zero)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Modem voice id.
Date: 14 Aug 92 16:23:31 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Waterloo


Hi. I've heard of modems that feature voice id. Can anyone fully explain what
this feature is? Can it be used to turn your modem into an answering machine?
If so, how? I'm purchasing a high speed modem and there is an option to have
this feature installed.

Thanks.


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From: aduell@nyx.cs.du.edu (Tony Duell)
Subject: Re: UART CHIPS
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 21:13:55 GMT


I'm pretty sure that the 8259 is a Programmable Interupt controller, not a
UART. There are various other multi-function peripheral chips that contain
1 or 2 uarts (non fifoed normally), and parallel ports, Real time clocks
etc. Look in the UMC databook for loads of such chips. perhaps you have
one of those. If so, I don't think there si a pin-compatable fifo-ed chip
-tony 'PDP11 Hacker' Duell
ard@siva.bris.ac.uk

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From: kc@complex.ccsr.uiuc.edu (Kenneth Chang)
Subject: Re: BFJ Enterprises / Supra
Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems
Organization: Center for Complex Systems Research
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 03:25:57 GMT

Among similar complaints, bn559@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jay Hughes) wrote:
> I ordered (tried) a Supra 14.4 from BFJ three different times,
> delivered COD.  Never got it, I called, and called, and called,
> and finally gave up.  Anyone actually GET one??  Everyone
> I talked to on the phone were polite, and I had no problems
> with them, just no modem....

Hmmm. Seems I had an overly positive experience. I ordered a modem
from them in mid-July. They called back on July 23 and said they had one
available. I gave them the charge information & I got the modem the
following week. Perfectly happy with the modem and nothing to complain
about the service (although there appears to be others who would complain.)

Kenneth Chang
kc@complex.ccsr.uiuc.edu
From: sap@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Stephan A. Puga)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Supra's Dialtone detection
Date: 19 Aug 92 03:18:02 GMT
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix

What was the resolution to a Supra 14.4K not being able to detect
the dialtone?  Does anyone have a clue as to what the voltage on
the line should be?  Please, this is the second time I have posted
concerning this subject, somebody answer me!!!

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From: geethu@netcom.com (Geetha Madhavan)
Subject: Slip: Help Sought
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 19:18:15 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Summary: Slip on SUN4 with Telebit WB and Fastcomm
Followup-To: Slip
Distribution: geethu@netcom.com



I am trying to setup slip between a Telebit WorldBlazer and
a Fastcomm 9600. I have the following script

#!/bin/sh
while true ; do
	 ./tip -s slip >/dev/console 2>&1
	 sleep 100
done

and slip is in my /etc/remote 

slip:sa= xxx.xx.xx.xx:da=yyy.yy.yy.y:sm=255.255.0.0:st=slip:rt:\
        :dv=/dev/cua0:br#19200:du:at=hayes:pn=xxxxxxx:ls=login.script:

(ofcourse the xxx and yyy are completed in the entry)
(sa = local address and da is destination)

The modem dials out (from a SUN IPC) with the Telebit WB and
logs into a sparc2 with a Fastcomm.

The modems connect, the following message comes at my Home
terminal (yes! I have the kernal configured ...etc),

[Logging in...]
Aug  9 23:13:21 benjy vmunix: slip0: coming up
add net 0: gateway xxx.xx.xx.xx
[SLIP running]

Subsequently nothing happens, ping da (the yyy.yy.yy.yy )
doesn't work. Do I have to run something on the destination address
to make the slip to connect? The systems remain connected! I feel
I am very close to setting up slip! Any help would be appreciated.
Please respond by email.

Thanks and Regards


... Geetha Madhavan
From: davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: 82510 UARTs and 16550A UARTs
Date: 17 Aug 92 22:58:16 GMT
Organization: Aegis Society, Kyoto Japan

tan@skorpio.usask.ca (Chris Tan) writes:

>My computer has two 82510 UARTs soldered in its serial ports.
>After reading the docs to the Fossil Driver X00V124.ZIP, I 
>realized that the 82510 UART has a 4 byte FIFO buffer, similar
>to the 16550A UART's 16 byte FIFO buffer.  

The serial ports on my Dell 333D were built into a chip doing
a bunch of stuff....

>Using a SupraFaxModem v.32bis, I normally have no problems when
>my serial port is set to 19200, but when I try higher speeds like
>38400 and 57600, I get character loss from the serial port.

Yes, the Dell ports had the same 'feature'.

>My questions are as follows:

>	1) Is there any terminal program out there that supports an
>82510 UART and its FIFO buffer?  Also, a list of any term programs 
>that use the X00 Fossil driver would be helpful. 

Even if you could, you would still only have a 4 port FIFO.

>	2) For whoever has a 16550A UART; is it possible to set your
>serial port to 38400/57600 and get no character loss?

I got a little 2-port card with 16550A UARTs on it from Decision Ltd
in Taiwan for $44 and run it at 38400 without problems. 

My real-world tests have shown that I don't need any faster than
38400 as there isn't any data that gets sent that needs to go out
the port to the modem any faster than that. Maybe it would work
at 38400+ but why temp fate?

Also, FYI, Decision makes a 4 port AST-4 clone card for $98 which
can be run as COM1,COM2,COM3,COM4 or with FAS under UNIX. I have
both cards in my Dell under FAS and they work well with no data loss
and very little overhead. 

Hope that helps,

Dave

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From: lothar@tmcsys.UUCP (Lothar Hirschbiegel)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ZyXEL Caller ID?
Date: 13 Aug 92 14:59:56 GMT
Organization: Private Site

In article <1992Aug5.163357.17471@ariel.ec.usf.edu> kauppila@sunburn.ec.usf.edu. (Jim Kauppila (IE)) writes:
>...
>the problem.  I am currently using K4.12c.  I would be happy to test
>out any newer versions in this area.                   
>
>	Other than the Caller ID feature not working, the modem is a
>super performer and anyone considering a high-speed modem should give
>the ZyXEL a serious look.

So you are using ROM version K4.12c ? Here in germany we have 2 versions
of the latest ROMs, K4.12c and M4.12c (512kb ROM and 1mb ROM).
The "K"-version differs in the CID features, i.e. they are left out
of the code since CID is useless outside of the US.
Some times ago Mike Schuster posted here an article about K version
ROMs without "help pages", in order to make the code fit into the
smaller ROMs.
So, could it be there are *two* kinds of K ROMs ?? One version for
the US (without extended help text) and a second for use outside
of the US (without CID) ??
If this is true, are you sure you don't have the "international" K ROMs
with missing CID ??



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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: danderer@chopin.udel.edu (Dave Anderer)
Subject: Re: Gateway Telepath Questions
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 23:20:57 GMT


Call Gateway Tech Support.  Evidently they left the doc on the modem
out of a lot of the boxes they shipped.

They'll FedEx you one.
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: sap@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Stephan A. Puga)
Subject: New owner of a SupraFAX needs help!
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 03:06:21 GMT

Hi!  Assuming you have read the subject line...(its okay, I'll
wait...)...my modem does not detect the dial tone.  If this has
happened before, what was the solution?  I have two phone lines in
the house and the modem line has a phone hooked up to it in another
part of the house.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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From: nnw@concurrent.co.uk (Neil Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: supra 2400 fast dial?
Date: 13 Aug 92 11:31:00 GMT
Organization: Concurrent Computer Corporation, Slough, England

In article <1992Aug11.205116.6912@eslvcr.wimsey.bc.ca> ted@eslvcr.wimsey.bc.ca (Ted Powell) writes:
>In article <A13090@F.maus.de> Sevo_Stille@f.maus.de (Sevo Stille) writes:
>>b>Von : bill.young@canrem.com ("bill young") wrote:
>>b>I remember someone mentioning awhile back that they had a modem that allowed
>>b>them to change the speed of PULSE dialing.  I've never seen this myself -
>>b>does anyone know if it's possible and if so, which S register would affect
>>b>it?
>>I don't believe it - there would be no sense in changing the pulse dial speed,
>>it's standardized.
>
>AT&T appears to disagree with you as to the usefulness of multiple pulse
>rates. My AT&T "Nomad 800" cordless phone has a 3-way switch: 10-20-TT, for
>Pulse (10/sec), Pulse (20/sec), Touch-Tone. I've never actually encountered
>an exchange that could handle the higher pulse rate, but this does suggest
>that they have at least existed at some time in the past (the phone was
>manufactured in 1983).
>
>-- 
According to the Supra V32bis modem documentation, there ARE different
requirements for pulse ratio and speed around the world. In the US you
apparently use 10pps and a 39/61 make to break ratio. In the UK it says
we use 10pps and a 33/67 make to break ratio. It is Japan that uses
20pps and 33/67 (this countries are from memory, as the actual manual is
at home and all I have is the reference card, which just has the data,
not which countries require which....). In the new Supras you set this
with &Pn ,where is n is 0,1,or 2 respectively. I've not tried pulse
dial, as now most of the UK switches accept tone dial which is much
faster!

Regards, Neil Watson. (nnw@slough.ccur.com)
From: rlm@mcgort.COM (Robert McMillin)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Supra Sources
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 10:30:46 PDT
Organization: PBSR (Private Beta Site Research - Certified NetWare Engineer)

Given that Supra seems to be (at the moment, anyway) the v.32bis/fax modem 
of choice, can anyone recommend a good source for them?
From: Mike_Benna@mindlink.bc.ca (Mike Benna)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: ZyXEL 1496S - Should I buy one?
Date: 20 Aug 92 17:14:05 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

I'm interested in the ZyXEL 1496S and I'm hoping someone out there who
owns one can answer a few questions for me.  Feel free to only answer
the questions you know the answers to, or those you feel like answering.

1) It's got all this neat stuff indicating signal strength, noise level,
etc. but how good is it at noise rejection?  My limited experience in
the past has indicated that USR Couriers and Hayes modems are very good
on noisy lines, and that Supras and Practical Peripherals are very poor.
How does it compare to those modems?

2) Does it have any problems connecting to other V.32/V.32bis modems?
In particular I'll be calling a USR Courier V.32, USR Dual Standard, GVC
V.32/V.32bis, and Practical Peripherals 9600SA modems on a regular
basis.  Does anyone have firsthand experience talking to any (or all) of
these various modems?

3) How do you feel about the construction quality of your modem?  Do the
pieces of the case fit together properly?  Does it run hot?

4) Does the 1496S (as opposed to the 1496E) have an external volume
control?

5) What kind of warranty does it come with, and has anyone needed
warranty service yet?  What were your experiences with warranty service?

6) Finally, and probably most importantly, would you buy another one?
If not, why not?

Thanks in advance for all replies.  Email or post as you see fit.

--
     ---> Mike Benna, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
          MindSpan Technologies Corp. - Video Game Design and Development
INTERNET: Mike_Benna@mindlink.bc.ca
From: bender@oobleck (Duke of Canterbury)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: WorldBlazer blazes along at 219cps
Date: 14 Aug 1992 01:17:42 GMT
Organization: SPARK's R US
Reply-To: bender@oobleck.eng.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: oobleck
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

warlock@ecst.csuchico.edu (John Kennedy) writes:
:   People who like fast modems beware...  I'm fairly unimpressed with the
: serial ports and drivers people stick on UNIX workstations.

As well you should be.  IMHO it seems that many workstation vendors (not
naming any names here, BTW :-) give short-shrift to their serial port
hardware, preferring to use the same old hardware that they have been using
for 10 years rather than trying to upgrade their UARTs with usefull features
like DMA, large FIFOs and flow control done in hardware.  I suspect that the
reason this is so is because there's not really a lot of serial expertise
around, and most people (marketting folks in many cases) are content with
saying "It's JUST a serial port, can you connect a Wyse-30 terminal to it?
Yes? Good, then slap it in and ship it."

As users, I would recommend that you call Sun (and other workstation
companies) and let the companies know that you need higher-performance
serial hardware that comes with the basic system and is not an expensive
add-in board.  Tell them that you're using V.32bis modems and ISDN terminal
adapters that need to run at 56K and above.

As an engineer at Sun working on some serial port products, I understand the
need for higher performance serial communciations that come with every
system, and I'll push it back into the products that I design, and talk to
the motherboard designers to get them to wakeup to the need for high-speed
serial communications on teh motherboard.

mike

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Supra/Computability modem export ban - more info!
From: cybapunk@hovel.welly.gen.nz (Phil Ross)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 16:41:09 +1200
Distribution: World
Organization: The Hovel Bulletin Board System
Keywords: Power!!

Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:

> Apparently, some US companies have been replacing the US power supplies with
> power adapters that are not up to spec. As a result, either the modems or the
> power supplies blow up and Supra ends up carrying the can for a warranty clai
> that is completely unnecessary.

Best idea for those people ordering Supras from overseas is to ask in writing
to ship a "European Power Adapter".  They did for me, and it works great.


> -- 
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From: alan@acpub.duke.edu (Alan M. Gallatin)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: 16550 vs. 16550AFN
Date: 21 Aug 92 01:32:08 GMT
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

In article <rdippold.714353902@cancun> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com
(Ron Dippold) writes:
>                  If the modem doesn't have more than that one
>character buffer, you're going to be interrupting the computer over
>1500 times a second for a V.32bis/V.42bis connection (about 1700 cps
>with pre-packed data).  You still have the bottleneck.  
>
>This is one reason to avoid internal versions of all those cheapo
>V.32bis modems if you have any interest in multitasking - most of them
>just emulate a 16450.

Well, the Zoom V.32bis internal has a 16550 on board - Unlike some
other modems I played with, PCTools System Info reports 16550 on
a UART search.  At $259, I consider it "cheapo" based on price
(Boca is only $30 less and is, as far as I know, "bottom of the
barrel" in pricing) - Granted, some of the cheapos don't have it,
but some do.  Moral of the story, look before buying...

AMG
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From: David_Hunter@mindlink.bc.ca (David Hunter)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: *Advice* needed on modems
Date: 13 Aug 92 22:44:57 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

Just as a follow up on my fax problems with the Supra modem:

1. I have attempted to send faxes to several fax machines locally and long
distance, including Supra's.  I have spoken to the people who own these
machines and they report that they receive faxes from all over and that I am
the first who has not been able to get through.  I have tried to transmit to
too many machines for the problems to all be with the receiving fax machine.

2. My com software, Procomm Plus and Procomm Plus for Windows are both able to
support high speed modems.  I don't think the software is to blame.  I have
also tried changing I/O cards and cables.

3. I realized that I have been trying to fax out of Windows 3.1.  However, I
thought that Winfax Pro was up to it.  Ultimately some of the blame may lie
with the software.  I have contacted Supra, Delrina, and Procomm and have taken
all their suggestions on software settings.  My hardware should be up to the
task.

Perhaps the Supra is not entirely to blame, but I am not satisfied yet.  What
else can I say?

David---a dissatisfied 1.2 ROM user.

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From: ianr@ee.mu.OZ.AU (Ian Rowlands)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: ZyXEL modems - 9600T/v42bis
Date: 23 Aug 92 13:07:46 GMT
Organization: Electronic and Electrical Engineering - University of Melbourne


	Has anybody else had problems with the ZyXEL modems when a connect
is made at 9600 (or 9600T) v32 and using v42bis compression (presumably
based on v42 error correction)? I have connected at v32bis/v42bis, v32/MNP5,
v32/MNP4 and v32/NONE without any problem whatsoever. What seems to happen
is when some characters are sent, renegotiation then occurs and fails so the
modem hangs up. I don't know what modems I'm connecting to. My ROM version
is 4.09c (I don't have en eprom burner or eproms).

	Any ideas would be appreciated.


				Ian


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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: louzon@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Louzon ronald g)
Subject: Re: BFJ Enterprises / Supra
Reply-To: louzon@aplcen (Louzon ronald g)
Organization: Johns Hopkins University
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 17:59:43 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.185016.22430@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> tlm@nextasy.physics.mcmaster.ca  (Tom Marchioro) writes:
>> In article <1992Aug18.161041.17209@iitmax.iit.edu>
>> vonb@iitmax.iit.edu (Robert Von Borstel) writes:
>> We've had a Supra modem on backorder for eons and I thought
>> it was going to ship last week from BFJ, however still no
>> modem.  Trying to call their 800# (1-800-932-4712) it
>> just keeps ringing.
>> 
>> Calling, 411 and getting their direct number
>> (404-998-8251) the same thing happens.  Having been gone
>> a week, did I miss something about BFJs?
>> 
>
>I've had exactly the same thing happen!!  I spoke to them early last week  
>and was not told anything about them taking a group vacation or any such  
>thing.  Is there anyone in the immediate area who could look into this  
>situation?
>
>Tom


From the BFJ price list dated July 21,1992... you can leave email and
place email orders at   jeff-bfj@cup.portal.com

BTW. The price list also says that their store hours are 10am-5pm
Monday thru Thursday and 12pm-8pm Friday and Saturday  (times are EST)
From: saff@ax.apc.org
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Date: 13 Aug 92 10:55 PDT
Subject: T1600 & V22bis/V42 problems
Nf-ID: #N:ax:54100001:000:555
Nf-From: ax.UUCP!saff    Aug 13 10:55:00 1992


Hi all,


I had a problem calling a T1600 from an ATI 2400 etc/e, using V42. I tried
it with and without MNP5 compression. The did connect, but the T1600 did
not recognize V42. It worked fine with a T3000, and worked fine with
MNP4/MNP5 so it may be a problem with the T1600, at V22bis/V42. Does
anyone had problems in using a V22bis modem, with V42 error correction to
connect a T1600 ? Any help will be appreciated.


BTW, the T1600 was set with S180=2, S181=1 (and so was the T3000, and
worked with the last)


Thanks!

Saliel
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