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From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Subject: Re: Procedure to modify ZYXEL motherboard for new ROMS
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 19:07:59 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

In article <1992Oct6.185438.16741@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> fredriks@austin.ibm.com (Lars Fredrikson (CONTRACTOR)) writes:
>
>Hi,
>	A while ago, somebody posted the procedure to modify the ZYXEL 
>	motherboard to enable it to accept the new 1Mb Eproms. 
>
>	Could that somebody please repost or send me E-mail at
>
>		fredriks@asiago.cs.wisc.edu
>
>
>	Thanks a lot.
>
>	Sincerely
>
>		Lars Fredriksen

U-1496 Series Modem Firmware Upgrade with 1Mbit EPROM
-----------------------------------------------------

The 1Mbit EPROM has 32pins while the 512K EPROM has only 28 pins.  Among the
four additional pins the 1M bit EPROM has, only pin 2 and pin 32 need signal
correction, pin 1 and pin 31 have no connection inside the chip.  If you put 1M
bit EPROM chip in front of you with pin 1 on the lower left corner, the 28
pins on the right have the same signal connection as the 512K EPROM chip.

There are three cases for 1Mbit firmware upgrade:

(1) There are already a pair of 32pin sockets installed on the modem main
    board.

    Just install the 1Mbit EPROMS in the 32-pin sockets.  Note that there
    are no pin sockets for pin 1 and pin 31, no connection is needed for those
    two pins.

(2) 28-pin sockets on the modem board but pin holes on the board exist for
    pin 2 and pin 32.

    Solder in two single-pin sockets for pin 2 and pin 32 and you can install
    the 1M bit EPROM.  You need some skill to solder the single-pin socket.  It
    is better to use a SIP 8-pin single-row pin socket as an alignment tool.
    Plug the single-row pin socket into the existing socket and the single-pin
    socket you want to solder and it will hold the single-pin socket in place
    while you solder.

(3) 28 pin sockets on the modem board and no pin hole exists on the board for
    pin 2 and pin 32.

    We do NOT recommend to install 1Mbit EPROM on this case.  You can do the
    following hardware modifications but it will void the warranty and it is
    difficult to remove and reprogram the EPROMS.

    (a) Solder a jump-wire to short pin 32 and pin 30 of the EPROM.
    (b) Install the 1Mbit EPROMS on the 28-pin sockets with the left 4pins
        outside the sockets.
    (c) Solder a wire to connect pin 2 of the EPROM to pin 45 of the MC68000
        and solder a wire to connect pin 30 and pin 32 of EPROM.
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: panizo@riogrande.cs.tcu.edu (Maria Panizo)
Subject: Re: Hacking USR ROMS [4.2 - 4.1]
Organization: Texas Christian University
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 04:13:49 GMT


include quoted text:

MHO, use of the HST protocol on products not specifically marketed or
authorized by USR to do so, deprives them of revenues they are
legitimately entitled to, and is the equivalent of theft.

end quoted text.


Do you mean that if I buy some sheet music (copyrighted material) and proceed
to wipe my butt with it that I am stealing the value of that service from the
manufacturer?

If I didn't intentionally purchase the modem to take advantage of that manuf.
oversight, there is no intent to defraud involved.  If I do use a modem
for a purpose that it was not intended, I don't see where USR is harmed,      
providing they shipped it to me "as is".  It's their error.            

You might consider that their product performed "better than advertised"
and what right do they have to come back later and say "oops, we goofed,
don't type those characters into it or we'll get real mad."?

MP
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: st1r8@rosie.uh.edu (Guillot, Burt J.)
Subject: ZyXEL 16.8K: Are the specs Public Domain? 
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 19:33:00 GMT

In article <BvuqM6.14q@cs.psu.edu>, fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) writes...
>You cannot.  USR's 16.8kbps protocol is proprietary, and is completely
>different from ZyXEL's.  USR's is based on their HST protocol, which gives
>you 16.8kbps in one direction and (I think) 450bps in the other.  ZyXEL's
>is based on v.32bis (and they are making the specs available to any modem
>maker), and gets you symmetrical 16.8kbps.

I've asked Supra about this and their response was something like they
might consider doing it, but asked if I knew whether it had to be done
by Rockwell or if Supra themselves could intergrate it into the modem.
Do you (or anyone from Zyxel) know who I need to tell Supra to contact
about this?  I'd like to see Supra have a 16800 bps speed that would be
compatible with Zyxels, and I'm sure others would as well.  Are they
making the information available freely, or do they want a royality on
every modem, etc.
From: maxc1169@steer.sdsu.edu (Yuan-chi Chiu)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Is "This" Modem Reliable?
Date: 15 Oct 92 17:41:30 GMT
Organization: SDSU Computing Services

Hello Modemers,

    I'm gathering any information (your experience) you might have about this
modem.  I'm comparing this with the Supra 14,400,ZyXEL, and USR Sportster.

		Quickcomm Spirit II V.32bis fax modem

		V.32bis, V.32, V.22bis, V.22, V.21, Bell 212A
		14,400, 12,000, 9600, 7200, 4800, 2400, 1200 bps
		V.42, V.42bis, MNP 2,3,4 and MNP 5
		Group 3 fax, Class 1 compliant, V.29, V.27ter, V.21
		Delrina Dosfax Lite and Winfax Lite and Qmodem software
		adaptive handshake, auto line monitor and retrain
		5 year warranty, 57,600 baud maximum DTE rate
		internal version has 16550AFN 16 byte buffer

    I can get this modem fairly cheap (about $250), but I must learn more about
this modem in order to avoid any regreats.

    I'm all ears!
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,biz.comp.telebit
From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: Telebit WorldBlazer & UUCP
Organization: The Gator Conferencing System 219-289-3745 
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 20:51:55 GMT

larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:

>>If somebody succeeded in getting better performance, I would be
>>interested in getting a copy of the modem configuration (AT &V).

>WorldBlazer - SA - Version LA5.01A- Active Configuration
> B1  E1  L1  M1  P   Q2  V1  X0  Y0 
>&C1 &D3 &G0 &J0 &L0 &Q0 &R3 &S1 &T5 &X0 
>S000:1   S001=0   S002=43  S003=13  S004=10  S005=8   S006=2   S007:80 
>S008=2   S009:12  S010=14  S011=70  S012=50  S018=0   S025=5   S026=1  
>S038=0   S041:1   S045=0   S046=0   S047=4   S048=0   S050=0   S051:7  
>S056=17  S057=19  S058:2   S059=0   S060=0   S061:0   S062=15  S063=0  
>S064=0   S068=255 S069=0   S090=0   S092:1   S093=8   S094=1   S100=0  
>S104=0   S105=1   S111:30  S112=1   S151=4   S155=0   S180=2   S181=1  
>S183=25  S190=1   S191:6   S253=10  S254=255 S255=0   
>OK

I've been noticing 6-8 "PARTIAL FILE" entries per day in xferstats
on my Worldblazer lines for TurboPEP connections and I've changed a
couple of registers as follows:

WorldBlazer - SA - Version LA5.01A- Active Configuration
 B1  E1  L1  M1  P   Q2  V1  X0  Y0 
&C1 &D3 &G0 &J0 &L0 &Q0 &R3 &S1 &T5 &X0 
S000:1   S001=0   S002:128 S003=13  S004=10  S005=8   S006=2   S007:60 
S008=2   S009=6   S010=14  S011=70  S012=50  S018=0   S025=5   S026=1  
S038=0   S041:1   S045=0   S046=0   S047=4   S048=0   S050=0   S051:7  
S056=17  S057=19  S058:2   S059=0   S060=0   S061:0   S062=15  S063=0  
S064:1   S068=255 S069=0   S090=0   S092:1   S093=8   S094=1   S100=0  
S104=0   S105=1   S111=255 S112=1   S151=4   S155=0   S180=2   S181=1  
S183=25  S190=1   S191:6   S253=10  S254=255 S255=0   
OK
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From: muysvasovic@applelink.apple.com (Jean-Denis Muys-Vasovic)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Supra New ROM (ordering info)
Date: 12 Oct 92 18:04:08 GMT
Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems
Organization: Apple Computer Europe

In article <p4NMr*GI1@laosinh.stgt.sub.org>, gerrit@laosinh.stgt.sub.org
(Gerrit Heitsch) wrote:
> 
> In article <1992Sep30.180805.19954@ntmtv>, Andrew West writes:
> 
> > >>        MNP10  -  Dec. 92 
> > >>        V23  -  Dec. 92
> > 
> > Can anybody clarify what feature these provide?  I *think* MNP10 is
> > error checking for international and cellular lines, but I've never
> > heard of V23.
> V.23 is standard used for the german videotex-system. It is (nearly) only
> used for this purpose because of the unusable speed:

WRONG, as sby else pointed out, it is used by 3 millions + minitel
terminals
in France, to provide hundreds of services, including home banking,
weather forecasts, email, games, traffic services etc...

> 1200 bps in one direction an 75 bps in the other. It is not
> possible to change the direction or the fast channel, the station which 
> uses 75 bps after connection does this until closing the connection.

WRONG again, it is a common trick in France when uploading files with a
Minitel
to "reverse" the flow and switch to 1200 bps. Note that the point of this
asymetric speed is the following: for Teletexte, you have mostly to type
a few keys to select choices in a menu. This needs only a very slow speed,
and allowed in the past for a cheap full duplex transmission with 1200 bds
reception.

> 
> I don't think, that you miss something without V.23.

Yes, I do miss a whole lot.

> 
> Gerrit
> 
> -- 
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Jean-Denis Muys-Vasovic
Apple Computer Europe
From: carli@ufrcs1.enet.dec.com (Bernhard Carli)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: ZyXEL 40% Discount (contest) also in Europe?
Date: 8 Oct 92 15:08:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: rdg.1992Oct8.150820.29592
Reply-To: bernhard@decum.enet.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Munich FRG


ZyXEL USA listen up:

Can people outside the USA also participate in the BBS Contest? I saw no
restriction in the "Terms & Conditions" text. If I order a Modem - do you
ship it to Germany? Finally - what is the listprice for the 1496E+ ?

Bernhard
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From: H.Koepke@hkhh.hanse.de (Holger Koepke)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Fax software recommendations for Mac+HST DS 16.8k FAX
Date: 10 Oct 92 17:27:32 GMT
Organization: Goblin Research

scottb@netcom.com (L'etat des mortes) writes:

>Can anyone recommend a good PD or Commercial software package that will
>work with my Macintosh and Courier HST Dual Standard with FAX?

>The Pack-In Software is, of course, PC.            

Wrong! The most selled package is - of course - bundled with PC-soft. But
you can also order it in a bundle with MAC-soft.

>Scott (scottb@netcom.com)
Holger
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: tad@ssc.com (Tad Cook)
Subject: Re: Hacking USR ROMS [4.2 - 4.1]
Organization: very little
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 05:22:30 GMT

In article <Bw38IK.AAx@gator.rn.com> larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
>edhall@rand.org (Ed Hall) writes:
>
>>Unfortunately, you're wrong.  Modifying your scanner to receive this
>>frequency band (used by celular telephones) is a federal crime.
>
>I had an aircraft and modified my Kenwood HF rig by cutting a couple
>of diodes to transmit across the entire band - up to 30Mhz -- which
>enabled me to use the Kenwood radio to talk to New York when crossing
>the Atlantic where there is no flight control center.  
>
>I have a FCC license, station license and aircraft license.
>
>Likewise, HAM rigs are often modified for CAF, Marine and Military 
>use which is quite legal.  
>

I hate to pick nits, but the use of a modified ham rig for aircraft
flight control freqs or HF marine freqs is illegal.  The FCC
demands type-accepted radios for these services, and the Kenwood
ham radios are not type accepted.  The FCC has handed out NAL's
for marine operators who use cheaper HF ham radios.  The way they
can tell often times is that the station is not exactly on the
crystal controlled freq that they are supposed to be on, since they
have just dialed up the freq with a VFO.

Perhaps the military is using ham radios....I dunno.  The military
radios I have seen are made by Harris or other commercial radio
manufacturers.  Ham radios can be used legally in MARS (military
affiliate radio system), but this service is set up to operate
just outside the ham bands and does not require type accepted radios.

What is CAF?  Is that like CAP?



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From: mir@chorus.chorus.fr (Adam Mirowski)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Supra New ROM (ordering info)
Date: 12 Oct 92 16:34:24 GMT
Organization: Chorus systemes, St Quentin en Yvelines, France
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Boinger@myamy.hacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander) writes:
: In article <1377@proa.es> alberto@proa.es (Alberto Poblacion) writes:
: > 
: >     I consider that supporting V23 is a very important feature for a modem
: > that is to be used in Europe.
: 
: I think that depends on your country. Here in the Netherlands I can
: connect to Viewdata at other, cq faster speeds also. And I think that
: most PTT's will go the same way as 1200/75 is just too slow in this
: day and age... I for one wouldn't touch ViewData at 1200/75 as I am
: used to 14000 on my connections... :-) 
: 

Many interesting services (ex. 3615 MIDISONG in France) are
valued according to the amount of material transferred.
So if one day they were accessible through something quicker
than V.23 you would have to pay more for the time when you
don't actually download; the 1200 bps speed is fine for
on-the-fly reading.

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: wolfgang@wsrcc.com (Wolfgang S. Rupprecht)
Subject: Re: Supra fax modem: Busy detect
Organization: W S Rupprecht Computer Consulting, Fremont CA
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 03:26:49 GMT

dan@halcyon.com (Dan Lawrence) writes:
>How many busy signals are required before the supra v.42bis, fax, etc
>modem will positivily identify a busy condition?  

Sometimes none.  

I on many of my calls to Supra Corps BBS the Supra V.32bis/v.42bis
modem prints out BUSY, but I can distinctly hear a female's voice
coming from the modem's speaker.  Checking the phone bill does confirm
that MaBelle also things the call went through.

From what I can tell, the Supra's busy detection is an implementation
or rand(3)-on-a-chip. ;-)

-wolfgang
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Xref: sparky comp.dcom.modems:14793 comp.sys.mac.comm:9856
From: johnston@hertz.ee.washington.edu ( Craig Johnston 8838249 )
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Moving Files between MAC and PC via appletalk & TOPS flash card???
Date: 9 Oct 92 14:27:53 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle


	I did not find a good answer to this question in the FAQ list so I'll
try it here.

	Where I work we have a mixture of MAC's and PC's connected together via
a localtalk network.  The PC's connect via an appletalk card in the machine
(TOPS Flashcard).  This network is used primarily to access a set of
laser printers and to move some files back and forth from MAC to MAC.  I am one
of the PC users, and I'm not too familiar with the MAC or appletalk.  I would
like to be able to transfer files between MAC's and PC's via this network. If
the MAC's can do it why shouldn't I be able to.  I need software, but don't
know enough about what I'm doing to even get started.  Any pointers would be
greatly appreciated.

Some background,
  I am a UNIX guy and familiar with ethernet and TCP/IP (ie. networks per say).
  The MAC's are MAC IIci's running OS version 6.0xxx.
  The PC is a 386 with MSDOS version 3.3 and appletalk card.
  I have NCSA telnet for the PC and know where to get it for the MAC.
  Nothing fancy needed, free/shareware prefered since I can't afford much, and
  this outfit won't spring for anything.  Basic FTP-like capability would be
  fine.

			Thanks,
			Craig Johnston  as  johnston@maxwell.ee.washington.edu
From: jim@n5ial.chi.il.us (Jim Graham)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: FAQ -- define v.32, v.42, etc. 
Distribution: world
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 01:49:40 GMT
Organization: Me? Organized? Hah! :-)

In article <1992Oct3.170430.6528@telebit.com> bair@telebit.com writes:

> I wrote:
>> see above --- V.42bis requires V.42 operating in LAPM (Link Access
>> Procedure for Modems) mode, but that's it.  if you have a LAPM link,
>> you can run V.42bis.
> 
> Not true. V.42bis doesn't require error correction. It is a separate module.

ok, you got me....  :-)  let me re-phrase that.

from CCITT Recommendation V.42bis (any typos are mine):

     1.2 Requirements for error correcting procedures

     For correct operation of the data compression function it is
     necessary that an error correcting procedure be implemented
     between the two entities using this Recommendation.  In the
     case of the V-series Recommendations, this requires that the
     LAPM (link access procedure for modems) error correcting
     procedures defined in Recommendation V.42 or the error
     correcting procedures in Recommendation V.120 be implemented.

this, of course, is not the only mention of this, but I think it pretty
much sums it all up.  error correction is required.  currently, as I
read the standard (and also if I remember correctly something Toby said
to me at least a year ago --- sorry, Toby, if I botched that part...),
V.42bis is only *standardized* to work on top of V.42 in it's LAPM mode
of operation.

better?  :-)
   --jim

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From: Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Hacking USR ROMS  [4.2 - 4.1]
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 23:01:11 EST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/20.18 - cmhGate UF Gateway, Columbus OH

rlm@mcgort.COM (Robert McMillin) writes:

RM> How about this: altering the modem in such a way that it becomes 
RM> incompatible with (or even deleterious to) the phone network? 
RM> It seems to me that such a thing wouldn't be too hard to do, 
RM> and might even be possible by futzing with the ROM. 

By typing an AT command?  Remember, we're talking about using the modem as
designed--typing in AT commands--to cause this condition.

If I'm able to make the device illegal to use on the phone network by using it
as designed (typing in AT commands), then that's not my problem--that's the
problem of the bureacratic entity that certified it, and of the manufacturer. 
But not mine.

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From: kmeyer@amiganet.chi.il.us (Karl Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: USR Courier HST are getting flakey as they get older.
Date: 15 Oct 92 21:11:43 GMT
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

>Do you (or anyone else) have any info on if the new DS upgrade (to v.fast)
>will include support for fax class service 2?

Right now they're charging $75 for upgrade to fax. It would be nice if they
included it in the v.fast upgrade but knowing how they do things I'm sure they
will continue to charge extra for it.

Just a side note. When I called to check on this I also asked about getting the
current roms and they're sending those free.
From: H.Koepke@hkhh.hanse.de (Holger Koepke)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Rack mounted modems
Date: 10 Oct 92 17:31:34 GMT
Organization: Goblin Research

tj@kona.cs.ucla.edu (Tom Johnson) writes:

>We're looking at upgrading our bank of 20 dial-in lines to support 
>V.32/32bis/V.42/42.bis modems here. We currently have stacks of standalone
>modems piled in our machine room, and I would like to clean things up and
>hopefully provide some sort of management over these things.  What we
>need is a rack mounted solution - banks of modems, management software,
>etc.  Could anyone point me in the right direction?  Make some 
>suggestions?  What do other sites with this number of incoming lines
>use?

Have a look on the USRobotics "TOTAL CONTROL". It's a rack-solution, which
is very flexible. You have modem and line control over a software, which
can run on a stand-alone PC.

Call USR, for full information.

Greetings,
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