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From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ZyXEL - NO DIALTONE
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 22:49:16 EST
Organization: Izot's Swamp

eney@cs.tu-berlin.de (Rene Reichardt) writes:

> I have a new ZyXEL U-1496E (ROM V5.02) and live in Germany.
> 
> I'm a bit upset because I can't get my ZyXEL to work.
> I bought it a month ago and have since been trying to just dial
> a number, but all I get is a NO DIALTONE message. 

   ATX3 should get you around the problem by disabling dialtone detection.

  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
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           And the meaning of all that I believed before escapes me
                  In this world of none, no thing, and no one
                            - Genesis, _Afterglow_
From: oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: S.F.Bay Internet Access?
Date: 1 Jan 93 23:52:34 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

In <1302@blue.cis.pitt.edu> knopoff+@pitt.edu (Steven N Knopoff) writes:

>A friend of friend lives in San Francisco and is seeking Internet
>access. If you know of some non-profit organization or university in
>the Bay Area (preferably a local phone call from S.F.) that sells accounts 
>on their machine for a reasonable yearly or semi-annual fee, please send me 
>email (knopoff@unix.cis.pitt.edu) with the details (i.e., the name of 
>organization, name of a person to contact, person's phone number and postal 
>address, cost).

If you have not already done so, you should post this to 
alt.internet.access.wanted -- which is a group dedicated to this sort
of query.

Have you already looked into the Well?


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From: chris@surfcty.com (Chris Johnston)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Special offer (short term)
Keywords: modem, v.32bis, cheap
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 19:50:16 PST
Distribution: world
Organization: Surf City Software, Orange, Calfornia - DUDE!

I have available five (5) SmartLink v.32bis fax modems
for sale.  Asking $319 + CA TAX (as applicable) + UPS shipping.

These modems are external only, feature v.32bis & v.42bis on
the AT&T chipset.  The support only Class1 fax (no v.17) but
talk to 99% of the fax machines in the field.

They come with Windows & DOS comm&fax software.  Extruded AL cabinet
with small door for switches (which software overrides).

Works cool!

I've been running this one on a Mac and another on a PC BBS
system.  Works well, can't beat the end user price.

Drop me a line at chris@surfcty.com or call me at the office
at 714/289-8543

Seeya!

CHris

Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: jemartin@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Martin)
Subject: Re: PPI Modem IS REALLLLLLLY BAD!!!@%!@%!@
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 05:13:41 GMT

In article <Dec.25.10.34.53.1992.29651@pilot.njin.net> birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag) writes:
>[...]
>Since this is "Spyder"'s second post ragging on PPI, I should note that,
>as PPI's tech folk say, the modem does work just fine for "other people."
>I have had my PM14400FXSA since early June, at a point when most people
>thought it was still vaporware.  I have not had a single problem with it
>that wasn't fixed by a ROM upgrade early this fall.
>
>I routinely call a variety of other modems, with no difficulties:
>1)	PPI 14.4	- obviously, this works fine.
>2)	Intel 14.4	- this also works fine.
>3)	Telebit T3000	- this also works fine.
>4)	MultiTech 9600	- this also works fine.
>5)	USR HST 14.4	- this also works fine (at 9600)
>6)	Zoom 14.4	- runs at 12.0, the Zoom's got a glitch.

I just got a new PM14400FX less than a week ago.  This is the first modem
I've owned which does better than 2400 bps, but I seem to have got it
going fairly smoothly.  I can connect to virtually anything at 14.4k, but
unfortunately, when I lock the com port at anything higher than 14.4k
(especially 38.4k and 57.6k), characters are dropped all over the place
during interactive use.  However, file transfers are great (>2500 cps with
DSZ Mobyturbo).  I am using the Hayes-compatible factory defaults (at&f0)
and have Hardware flow control enabled and Software flow control disabled.
Unfortunately, the modem came with ROM version 1.15M -- can the newest ROM
update (what is it, 1.21?) solve this problem, or am I doing something
wrong here?  If the former, is getting a ROM upgrade as easy as a call to
the tech support line?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Seasons Greetings.

John
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From: hm002b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (PRIMUS SUCKS!)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Modem proximity to stereo speaker
Date: 29 Dec 92 21:57:57 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

In article <1992Dec29.194407.10036@netcom.com> wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke) writes:
>Greg Andrews (gerg@netcom.com) wrote:
>: 
>: Your problem with the modem being near the speaker wouldn't be radio
>: interference.  If anything, it would be electromagnetic fields.
>: 
>: Most modems use a transformer as part of the isolation circuit (preventing
>: voltage spikes from the phone line from frying things).  Transformers use
>: electromagnetic fields to pass signals through, so they can be sensitive
>: to magnetic fields from outside sources.
>: 
>: I've never experimented with a modem and a speaker, so I don't have any
>: idea whether it could cause you a problem or not.  I just wanted to mention
>: the possibility that the speaker's magnet might be able to affect the phone
>: line transformer in your modem.
>: 
>: If your modem has a metal case that's grounded, then it's probably not
>: going to be a problem.
>
>A metal case may help some, but not a lot with electromagnetic fields,
>unless the metal is a special alloy with a high magnetic permeability,
>like for example mu-metal. The best is to put some distance between the
>speaker and the modem since strong magnetic fields dont reach far. A
>grounded metal case will usually shield well against electrostatic
>fields however.
>
>
>
>
>-- 
>   _________________________________________________________________________
>   Wolfgang Henke     Data lanes not car pool lanes      wolfgang@netcom.com 

Shag, you may want to use a magnetically shielded speaker. Many
manufacturers make them now.
Xref: sparky comp.dcom.modems:18443 comp.os.os2.misc:40270
From: dmuntz@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Dan Muntz)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Have I been hosed?
Date: 23 Dec 92 17:25:47 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor

In article <1992Dec23.100012.24624@netcom.com> marks@netcom.com (Mark Sherred) writes:
>National has a very nice application note about the different UARTS.
>It is AN-493.  The 'F' stands for FIFO. The 'N' means a plastic package.
>At high baud rates, the PC may not always service the UART's interupt before
>a second character is received.  The NS16550AFN has a 16 byte receive FIFO
>and another 16 byte transmit FIFO.  The chips powers-up with the FIFOs 
>disabled, so you need software that knows how to enable them.
>
>The bottom line is it sounds like you got hosed.. sorry.
>The NS16550AFN sell here at Fry's Electronics for between $10 to $15.
>

16550A == 16550AN == 16550AFN == PC16550 == PC16550AFN
They all have fifos.  None have bugs (well...not the bug that the 16550 had).
16550AN will work just fine.

  -Dan
   dmuntz@eecs.umich.edu
From: jeroenp@rulfc1.LeidenUniv.nl (Jeroen W. Pluimers)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Frontdoor, Supra FAX & Software.
Date: 25 Dec 92 10:36:24 GMT
Organization: Dept. FMC, Gorlaeus Labs, Leiden University, The Netherlands

In article <-071Henqkb@atlantis.psu.edu> KRC@ECLX.PSU.EDU (Keith R. Connors) writes:
>I apologize if this has been asked before but I couldn't find an answer
>anywhere else.  What I would like to do is have the ability to pass a FAX call
>from Frontdoor to FAX software to receive the incoming FAX.  I have my modem

Please also post here, as I'd like to know mode/software combinations
that can do this.

I heard rumours that ZyXEL is one of the few that can do it, as it keeps
the carrier high on a FAX connect, but as it is a rumour, I want to have
it confirmed.

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: spyder@admiral.uucp (Eric)
Subject: PPI Modem IS REALLLLLLLY BAD!!!@%!@%!@
Reply-To: spyder@admiral.uucp (Eric)
Organization: The Grid/Waffle BBS, 203-661-2873, -1279, -0450, -2967
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 02:33:21 GMT

I have a PM14400FXSA, and the modem has got to be the worst modem on the
market.  I have had nothing but problems with it, and I practically have
to baby-sit it, since it is so bad.  The modem can't handshake correctly
on the first try to anywhere, and it can't upload either without the 
transfer being aborted, which makes some of the users on my system get
their transfers shot.  Anyway, there is no hope for a product with 
quality
as cheap as this.  PPITech says that this modem works fine for many other
people, but I really couldn't care less...the only thing that matters to 
me is that my modem works...this modem only works when it connects to 
another PPI or USR, otherwise the modem can't do anything....I can think 
of many other things that I could have spent this money on, but I guess 
its too late.....I hope no one else makes the same mistake that I did.  

  But, I will demand my money back from PPI if this modem doesn't work by 
Febuary...I've had this modem since August, and I've had enough of cheap 
PPI quality.  When I do get my money back, what would anyone out there 
recommend as a $250 14.4...this includes sysop deal....does anyone out 
there have a modem that doesn't give them any trouble?  I have a 16550AFN 
UART, and a 6 ft. serial cable, so any ext. modem will do fine....as long 
as it works unlike this lump of worthless circuitry...

                                                Spyder Man
/exit

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: cacclin@fraser.sfu.ca (Stephen Cacclin)
Subject: Cardinal internal fax/modem with Winfax 2.0
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 04:22:43 GMT

I am having problems setting up a Cardinal internal fax/modem.
The model number seems to be MB2296SR. It is a 9600 bps send
receive fax and 2400 bps modem. Anyways...it is set up as COM3
and I can use the modem fine. The problem occurs when trying
WinFAX 2.0. When I set it to receive, it starts to initialize
then the receive icon just disappears. When I try to send,
I get "event error" in the send log.

Anyone have any idea?? 


thanks in advance

Stephen
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: urra@tinored.cu (Pedro Urra Glez)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Sobre T3000
Date: 29 Dec 92 04:19:29 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

Hi every body!
I have problems with the Telebit 3000.
The MNP5 doesn't work with MTEZ and MTE. Does any body has experience with
it. It doesn't have PEP. Is there any solution?
Please respond me to
urra@tinored.cu
Thanks a lot
From: rlm@mcgort.COM (Robert McMillin)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: PPI Modem IS REALLLLLLLY BAD!!!@%!@%!@
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 04:16:13 PST
Organization: PBSR (Private Beta Site Research - Certified NetWare Engineer)

birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag) writes:

> spyder@admiral.uucp (Eric) writes:
> 
> >I have a PM14400FXSA, and the modem has got to be the worst modem on the
> >market.  I have had nothing but problems with it, and I practically have
> >to baby-sit it, since it is so bad.  The modem can't handshake correctly
> >on the first try to anywhere, and it can't upload either without the 
> >transfer being aborted, which makes some of the users on my system get
> >their transfers shot.  Anyway, there is no hope for a product with 
> >quality as cheap as this.  
> 
> Since this is "Spyder"'s second post ragging on PPI, I should note that,
> as PPI's tech folk say, the modem does work just fine for "other people."
> I have had my PM14400FXSA since early June, at a point when most people
> thought it was still vaporware.  I have not had a single problem with it
> that wasn't fixed by a ROM upgrade early this fall.

Yes, PPI ROM upgrades did fix some of the problems.  However, I agree with
"Spyder" inasmuch as PPI modems are second rate where it comes to dealing
with marginally noisy lines -- which I have in my house and cannot convince
Pac*Hell to fix.  You can't hear noise on voice calls, so the assumption
is that the problem is in my equipment, which is in fact the case.  I
still cannot successfully call the Telebit T2500's at work at any speed
greater than the v.32 fallback speed of 4800 from my house; the same call
through the lines at work (through the company PBX and through Pac*Hell's
lines) goes through without a peep.

So, why don't I complain?  Easy: (a) the modem works great everywhere
else, and (b) the price/performance is right.  However, in the modem
world, it seems that you really do pay for what you get, and the only
reliable hardware out there is made by USR and Telebit (once they get
the bugs out).  Next time (unless ISDN happens first), I'll get USR.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.os.os2.misc
From: gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Worldblazer not autobauding correctly at 38400
Date: 24 Dec 92 00:50:47 GMT
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)

wolfgang@wsrcc.com (Wolfgang S. Rupprecht) writes:
>brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton) writes:
>>Sorry for making you type such a long message, but I of course have the
>>modem set in &D3 mode, and have always set my modems that way for years.
>>I can't imagine setting a modem any other way and feeling safe.
>>And yes, DTR is definitely dropping, for a full second, before the new
>>getty takes over, and then, as far as I know, nobody is talking to the
>>modem before the call comes in.
>
>On a TB+ I noticed reset problems with exactly the same setup.  I
>wonder how much of the TB code the WB inherited.
>

Very little.  The code environment is completely different in the
T1600/T3000/WorldBlazer modems.  Large chunks were ported over, but
it still amounted to virtually a re-write to fit the old code into
the new environment.  Evidence:  The TB+ never had the well-known
UUCP protocol startup failure problem.

What firmware is in your TB+?

  -Greg
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            and it takes away your appetite.
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Xref: sparky comp.dcom.modems:18823 comp.sys.sun.admin:9880 comp.sys.sun.hardware:6600
From: CSP1DWD@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (CSP1DWD)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: Anyone out there successfully get a 14.4K modem running on a Sun?
Date: 3 Jan 93 11:12:42 GMT

In article <BOB.92Dec31094421@volitans.MorningStar.Com>,
bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) writes:

>modem signal handling too.  I'll be testing these boards with some
>WorldBlazers, and with some Codex 3260FAST modems.  The 3260FAST
>modems on the native serial ports gave me FTP throughput numbers of
>3.7 Kbytes/sec, regardless of the data being transferred, showing that
>a mere 38400 DTE is clearly a bottleneck with the new breed of modems.

Ka9q's author, Phil Karn, reports that his ka9q-based PC routers
(10Mhz 286 PCs with 16550 uarts) achieve transfer rates of about
2.7Kb/sec for compressed data and 7.5Kb/sec for compressible data
with DTEs locked at 115200 baud, yes with 3260FAST modems. He appears
to be running at the limit, his 16550 FIFO level is set for 4 but
by the time ka9q gets around to look at the fifo it finds as many
as 13 chars.

Bob, please keep us posted on your experiences with these 3260FAST
modems, working with SPARC CPUs and fast uarts you should be able to
achieve some very impressive performance and I am sure we are all
anxious to find out what speeds records you break. Do you know how
much these modems cost and distributors that carry them?

-- Denis 
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: scottb@sun1x.actc.res.utc.com (TheLrdLovsAHngn)
Subject: Re: ARRRRGGGHH!!! I CANT BELIEVE THIS!!!
Organization: United Technologies Research Center
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 22:52:43 GMT

I dont have any info that might help at the moment, but was wondering, what is
a CCL?
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From: clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon VE3XCL)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Calling Kandy Shack from Canada
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 10:48:01 EST
Summary: Can't cal Kandy Shack from Canada
Distribution: na
Organization: Private UUCP "Twig" Node
X-Newsreader: Arn V1.00

        Does the Kandy Shack have a way to call from Canada?  (ie. normal
ph# or a new 800#)?  Also, what does he sell ZyXEL 1496S and S+ models for?

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From: boris@werple.apana.org.au (Boris Rozenblat)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: EUROCOM STANDARD D1
Date: 2 Jan 1993 22:49:10 +1100
Organization: werple public-access unix, Melbourne
NNTP-Posting-Host: werple.apana.org.au
Summary: Query for EUROCOM STANDARD D1
Keywords: modem, telecom, base band, standard, data communications

Hello all,
 
Can anyone tell  me where  I  can  find  text of  "EUROCOM STANDARD D1",
that describes 4 wire, high speed (64, 128 Kbps), base band modem with
conditional diphase modulation.
 
Any help would much be appreciated.
 
Regards,

Boris

P.S
Please answer by EMAIL to : boris@werple.apana.org.au

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Melbourne, Australia
From: sher@bbn.com (Lawrence D. Sher)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Does anyone know any mail order place that sells ZyXEL modems ?
Date: 30 Dec 1992 17:04:12 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

In article <2B3FBF9B.16645@ics.uci.edu> tchan@clyde.ics.uci.edu (Billy Chan) writes:
>	If you know how to mail order a ZyXEL modem, could you please e-mail me
>the address/1-800-number ?  Thanks in advance.
>
>--Billy

The US distributor is ZyXEL USA, at (714) 693 0808.

Mail order sources:
   Boston Computer (617) 551 0166
   Questor, Vancouver, BC (604) 682 6659
   Eagle Computing, Newark, DE  (302) 657 9303
   SI Services, Phila  (215) 675 7507

There are four models:
		    Approx cost
   ZyXEL U1496E      $ 350
   ZyXEL U1496E+     $ 500
   ZyXEL U1496S      $ 550   (This model is also called U1496.)
   ZyXEL U1496S+     $ 700

The E and S models offer nearly the same functionality and differ
primarily in the front panel display.  The S model is particularly nifty
in having an LCD display that shows, among other things, the current
signal-to-noise ratio on the line and the current data rate, both
expressed in real numbers.  But if no one is likely to be looking at the
front panel of the modem, then the E model should be fine.

If you want an S model, try Questor; these models are very hard to get
and are backordered with little hope for months.  An S+ model should
be easy.  Any E model should be easy.

I have had excellent experience in buying from Eagle Computing.  I have
no experience with the others.

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: spcsup@solomon.technet.sg (Wong Fay Yu)
Subject: Re: Intel Satisfation/400
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 13:13:36 GMT

Chad A Mirkin (camirkin@athena.mit.edu) wrote:
: Hi You All:
: I am planning to buy a Intel Satisfation/400 for two reasons. One it has a
: UART chip; two it seems to have received good reviews.
: There is a 400/E which is an external modem without UART chip and the ability
: to distinguish voice calls from fax signals

I tested the 400 (internal) for a brief period and found that it is a
capable modem and faxmodem.  However, I didn't test the voice/fax/data
auto switch. Apparently, there was some rumours that it would not work
with Singapore's PSN. I was assured that a model 300 was to come out in
a couple of weeks time. Essentially, it would be a 400 without the smart
detect feature.

All said and done, my company is going ahead to obtain the 400 and a 400/e
for our network fax system. Personnaly, I am waiting for the 300...

Cheerio! :-}
From: heiser@acs.bu.edu (William Heiser)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Why get _external_ Digicom Scout+ ???
Date: 3 Jan 93 18:38:56 GMT
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

>In article <forb0004.177.725674730@student.tc.umn.edu> forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu writes:
>>suggestion to get an external modem. Doesn't make much sense to me; what's 
>>the difference other than having an external display of current modem 

Every once in a while it may be necessary to physically reset the modem
(power cycle).  It is nice to be able to do this without having to reboot your
machine, particuarly if you are running UNIX, OS/2, or some other OS that takes
a while to boot.  Of course if you're on a UNIX machine, you probably have other
users online, and that only makes it even less convenient to ahve to 
reboot.
From: GOODRIC@hsdwl.utc.com (Jim Goodrich)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Thanks for answers on T1000 Modem
Date: 1 Jan 93 21:57:44 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet


To all that answered the question about Telebit T1000, Thank you for
all the comments and specs.
Summary the T1000 SHOULD talk to anything at and below 2400 and uses
it's own proprietary protocol above that speed.

Tnx & Happy New Year

Jim Goodrich
goodric@hsdwl.utc.com