HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: johnw@leland.Stanford.EDU (John Wiederhold)
Subject: Re: Program for printing a file from a UNIX machine to a Local printer
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 19:31:32 GMT

In article <2B4DDA14.14499@ics.uci.edu> wngai@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Wayne Ngai) writes:
>	Hi!  I was wondering if there is/are any existing program(s) out
>there that would allow for a PC terminal to print a file on the Unix
>machine to the local printer that's attached to the PC terminal. e.g.
>say I'm hook up to a Unix machine via modem, and I want to print a
>file on the Unix machine to my PC printer.  Is there anyway of doing
>that without having to download the file to my PC and do some
>conversion to printout the file?  i.e. sending the print job to
>printer attached to terminal.  If there is such a program, could some
>kind soul please tell me where and how can I get a hold of it?

The following shell script should do the trick:
----------------------------CUT HERE-----------------------------
#!/bin/sh
echo -n '<ESC>[5i'
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
   cat
else
   cat $*
fi
echo
echo -n '<ESC>[4i'
---------------------------CUT HERE-------------------------------

Replace the "<ESC>" with the escape character (ASCII 27 I think).
This should work on any good vt100 terminal, including Kermit and Telix.
I call the script "pcprint" and you can type "pcprint filename" as well
as pipe output directly to it.

-John



Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: larry@news.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: A Telebit FAX upgrade FLAME (Was: "Re: WB Fax Upgrade")
Keywords: Telebit  FAX  documentation
Organization: Gator Communications - Feeds-R-Us 219-289-3745 
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 22:18:39 GMT

earle@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Greg Earle - Gainfully Unemployed) writes:

>Sorry, no such luck.  You get an installation manual for the chips, and
>Yet Another Addendum manual - "Facsimile and V.25bis Addendum for Telebit
>T3000 and WorldBlazer Modems".

What is v.25bis -- is this specifically FAX compression?

-- 
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keeper of the Gator                                  uucp: uunet!gator!larry
From: gutowski@cstore-next.cl.msu.edu (Andy)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Car Dealers & dcomm?
Date: 6 Jan 93 16:46:34 GMT
Organization: MSU
NNTP-Posting-Host: iah-two.cl.msu.edu
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
X-XXMessage-ID: <A7707A7D3A0101D7@iah-two.cl.msu.edu>
X-XXDate: Wed, 6 Jan 93 12:01:01 GMT

I have heard that car dealers have access to a database, where given
car's serial numbers, one can find out car's histore; ie. previous
owners, car dealer trades, repairs etc.

Deoes any one have info on this?
Is it public access?
Is it on internet?
Any similar services?

Thanks!

Sorry if this is a wrong question on a wrong newsgroup.
From: elliot@schunix.uucp (Elliot Mednick)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Giving up on Supra
Date: 8 Jan 93 01:48:04 GMT
Organization: SCHUNIX Public Access Unix for Worcester County, MA, USA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

For the last several months, I had been happy with my Supra.  I had used it
mainly for outgoing UUCP calls.  However, my UUCP feed went away, so
I had to look for a new feed.

It turns out that my Supra (all Supras?) are so sensitive to the quality
of the line that of the four feeds offered to me, the modem would
connect to NOT ONE!  All the modems were Telebits, but so was the modem
that I used to connect to at 9600 baud, 20 miles away, with no problems
several times a day.  When I say it won't connect, I either connect for
a short time and then get disconnected or It won't connect at all or
it will only connect at 2400 baud, etc.

BTW, I am using the old ROMs because the new ones (H) would not allow
my FAXes to work anymore.  And I couldn't use the renegotiation
stuff anyway because UUCP doen't like that.

So, unless someone thinks that the problem is either my modem or some
obscure configuration (I am an active reader of this group, so I have
tried almost evrything), I am selling my Supra and am going to buy
a real modem.  Like a ZyXel or perhaps a Telebit (if I can take out a
2nd mortgage:-).

Any takers?

-Elliot
(elliot@wherever.I.am)
(Once and Future elliot@wellspring.com)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
Subject: Re: Why get _external_ Digicom Scout+ ???
Organization: Netcom
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 07:44:55 GMT

Eric Forbis (forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu) wrote:
: Does the Digicom Scout have problems on dirty lines? Does the Qmodem program 
: include the mail program OLX? 

The included Qmodem program does not include the OLX offline reading
program. This program can be downloaded from the Digicom BBS at
(408) 262-1412 however. Its also available from Digicom ftp sites
like e.g. ftp.rahul.net:/pub/wolfgang.


-- 
   _________________________________________________________________________
   Wolfgang Henke     Data lanes not car pool lanes      wolfgang@netcom.com
From: dap20@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (David A Pauke)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Disabling COM ports on Motherboard
Date: 8 Jan 93 18:31:05 GMT
Reply-To: dap20@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (David A Pauke)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

I have a Leading Edge Model D3, 386-DX 16MHz system. It is built around
the DAEWOO motherboard. Recently I lost the COM port my internal modem
was installed in and all the software diagnostics I've used cause
the program to hang. I suspect the 2s/1p LSI chip. Since the 2 serial
ports and parallel port are built into the motherboard I've been trying
to figure a way to disable the entire chip. The manual offers no help
on how to do so. And all the motherboard jumpers are accounted for in
the manual, so a jumper can't be the answer.

Can I just pull the chip?  I've been wanting to install a game port so
I might as well get an I/O card. But it can't coexist with the mother-
board ports. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: dkrastes@vela.acs.oakland.edu (David Krastes)
Subject: problems with telpath modem
Summary: I have been getting Uart errors on my Gateway Telpath
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:11:35 GMT

I have been getting "Uart Errors" on my Telpath modem when doing a file
transfer with Procomm for Windows in os-win has anyone else experenced
this problem?

-- 
 David Krastes					dkrastes@vela.acs.oakland.edu
						dkrastes@pms001.pms.ford.com
"I seem to be having tremendous problems with my life style"
		Arthor Dent
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
Subject: Re: Comment on Supra 14.4 Fax Modem ?
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:25:49 GMT
Organization: MCSNet, Chicago, IL

In article <1iuha2INN2ni@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes:
>In article <1993Jan12.011512.2297@usl.edu> jtp3915@usl.edu (Pee Jun T) writes:
>>	Any suggestion ?             
>
>Get a ZyXEL U-1496E instead.  No heat problems, no compatibility
>problems, good technical support, good quality control, 16.8Kbps to
>other ZyXELs, voice and DTMF support, and timely ROM releases all make
>it better than the Supra.  The only down side is that you'll probably
>pay $50 more than a Supra, but isn't all this worth it?
>
>-- 
>Marc Unangst, N8VRH         | "Of course, in order to understand this you
>mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us   |  have to remember that the nucleus of the atom
>                            |  is squishy."
>                            |    -W. Scheider, from a Physics lecture

If I could find someone who I could BORROW one from, or get a loaner for a
month (30 day eval) then I might be interested.

My application is for a Netblazer; the modem has to work, it has to be
trouble-free, and it has to be able to be interfaced to the screwey
modemcap.txt file which Telebit uses.  If it flunks any of these tests then
it is not going to be suitable, and I cannot afford to buy modems and then
not have them work out.

Unfortunately, ZyXEL doesn't seem that interested in this sort of
arrangement.  Anyone in Chicago who would be willing to loan me one?

-- 
Karl Denninger (karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM, <well-connected>!ddsw1!karl)
Data Line: [+1 312 248-0900]
From: BJuliano@rm42.ucc.uconn.edu (Bryan Juliano)
Subject: RTS problem w/USR Dual Standard
Organization: University of Connecticut Computing Center
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 04:25:43 GMT

I had my USR square dual standard working fine with RTS/CTS flow control.  
Today it stopped working.  I was using the R2 command before and now it 
keeps the modem from communicating as the RS light never comes on.  I 
verified the lack of RTS with a RS232 led tester.  The results are the same 
on both com ports on each of two computers, using dos redirection, QModem 
and Telemate, no RTS.  Any ideas?

Thanks,

Bryan Juliano

UConn Residence Hall 
Network Administrator
From: ewv@craycos.com (Eric Varsanyi)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: WorldBlazer on Solbourne Workstations
Date: 7 Jan 93 19:38:58 GMT
Organization: Cray Computer Corporation

In article <C0HD1z.C43@newsserver.technet.sg> avircams@solomon.technet.sg (Asia Matsushita) writes:
>	Is there some problem with Solbourne's serial port or is it
>because Solbourne is multitasking and PC is not? Can anyone give us some
>suggestions? 

Yes, I have a WB that was connected to a Solbourne and I had many problems
with throughput and lost characters (silo overflows). I have an open
problem with Solbourne that they have said they will not address. The
problem is they use a crummy serial chip that interrupts every character
and the machine can't keep up at speeds greater than 4800 baud (much
less the advertised 19.2).

I can send you the problem number if you would like to add your voice to
the list of complainers. Expect a lot of hassle (I had to run traces on
a datascope before they would believe their hardware flow control worked
as documented in the zs man page, outbound only).

-Eric Varsanyi
From: fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ZyXEL voice and flow control
Keywords: ZyXEL voice flow control
Date: 7 Jan 93 02:15:40 GMT
Organization: Penn State Computer Science

In article <C0GHIz.MoJ@wsrcc.com> wolfgang@wsrcc.com (Wolfgang S. Rupprecht) writes:
|Having to deal with software flow control forces one to write fairly
|inefficient code.  One can't just do a single "write(buffer, 1024)"
|and be done with it.

Hardly; XON/XOFF is the TTY driver's job.  Set IXON, and feel free to write
gobs and gobs of data and let the TTY driver worry about flow control.

Of course, if you're on an operating system without a TTY driver, then yes,
you have to do it yourself.

|I don't see how any person could claim that byte-at-time writes with
|intervening reads are "reasonable".

Since this is only necessary under an unreasonable operating system anyway,
I don't see the problem.

  Bill
From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Comment on Supra 14.4 Fax Modem ?
Date: 12 Jan 1993 08:32:50 -0500
Organization: The Programmers' Pit Stop, Ann Arbor MI

In article <1993Jan12.011512.2297@usl.edu> jtp3915@usl.edu (Pee Jun T) writes:
>	Any suggestion ?             

Get a ZyXEL U-1496E instead.  No heat problems, no compatibility
problems, good technical support, good quality control, 16.8Kbps to
other ZyXELs, voice and DTMF support, and timely ROM releases all make
it better than the Supra.  The only down side is that you'll probably
pay $50 more than a Supra, but isn't all this worth it?

-- 
Marc Unangst, N8VRH         | "Of course, in order to understand this you
mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us   |  have to remember that the nucleus of the atom
                            |  is squishy."
                            |    -W. Scheider, from a Physics lecture
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: A Telebit FAX upgrade FLAME (Was: "Re: WB Fax Upgrade")
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 06:47:35 GMT
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <1993Jan7.231020.10297@netcom.com> mingso@netcom.com (Ming Yau So) writes:
>[Supra] says that the documentations for Class 1 & 2 fax
>protocols (V.17 & V.29 ??) are copyrighted by CCCIT, and it's CCCIT desired
>to not have these docs distributed freelyfrom the modem manufacturer, because
>CCCIT are selling these docs...

Oh come now.  Copyright protects the *wording* of the docs, not their
*content*.  The Hayes manuals that described the original AT... command
set were copyrighted too.  Same situation:  all Telebit has to do is
have someone rewrite the description in his own words.  (Long odds he
can make it more comprehensible than CCITT's version, too.)
-- 
"God willing... we shall return."       | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
       -Gene Cernan, the Moon, Dec 1972 |  henry@zoo.toronto.edu  utzoo!henry
From: sp@questor.org (Steve Pershing)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ZyXEL voice and flow control
Keywords: ZyXEL voice flow control
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 12:46:50 PST
Organization: Questor|Free Usenet News|Vancouver, BC: +1 604 681 0670

fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) writes:

|> |How can we report this to the ZyXEL engineers?
|> 
|> I'm working on helping ZyXEL USA to get an Internet address.

ZyXEL USA has had an account on Questor for at least six months.  They
have not used it more than four or five times.

Their account here is:  zyxelusa@questor.org

--
    Steve Pershing, SysAdmin  <sp@questor.org>    The QUESTOR Project
  FREE access to Environ, Sci, Med, & AIDS news, and more.  [also UUCP]
    on a ZyXEL-U1496S+  =>  v.42bis, v.32bis, v.33, up to 16,800bps.
                 -=-         -=-         -=-         -=-
   Fones: (+1 604)  Data: 681-0670  Telefax: 682-6160  Voice: 682-6659


Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: adhir@wam.umd.edu (Al Dhir)
Subject: Lightcom 144f
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 19:06:13 GMT

Hello all.  I bought a Lightning Communications 144f v.32bix faxmodem about
9 months ago or so.  The modem has worked pretty good the whole time...until
recently.  For the last couple of months or so, it randomly hangs up and I
find myself having to power down my machine and power up again to wake up
the modem (I have a 486/50eisa).  I tried moving the modem to an ISA slot,
adjusting the bus speed, changing IRQs, everything to no avail.  The problem
is in the modem.  Fine, just call the manufacturer, right?  Wrong.  Lighning
Communications seems to have ceased to exist.  I am looking for any information
as to what has become of them.  Since I bought the modem on my credit card,
I figure my card company will take care of it, I can get my $$ back and I
can buy an external ZyXel.  Well, my card company needs proof of Lightcom's
demise.  I need to file a report with the Better Business Bureau or something
like that.  I am posting to see if there are any other Lightcomm owners out
there that may have perhaps already gone through this mess and can help me
avoid having to file a report and have some sort of proof already...?

Thanks for any tips or suggestions.

BTW:  Lightning used to be at:
	
	36 Argonaut, Suite 150
	Aliso Viejo, CA  92656
	1-800-433-4420, fax:  1-714-457-8004
	loc:  1-714-457-8001

-- 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Al Dhir                      			   Technical Consulting Staff
 Internet: adhir@cygnus.umd.edu	  	 University of Maryland, College Park
 Bitnet:   adhir%cygnus.umd.edu@Interbit      (301) 405-1500 * (301) 405-3014
From: mingso@netcom.com (Ming Yau So)
Subject: How much is a used T2500 worth ?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 20:28:44 GMT

Can anyone tell me about how much is a mint condition Telebit T2500 worth ?

Thanks

 
-- 
Ming Yau So				Internet: mingso@dawntech.com
CAD Software Engineer			          mingso@netcom.com
Dawn Technologies, Inc.			Uucp: ...!uunet!dawntech!mingso
Sunnyvale, CA				AOL: Ming So
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Subject: UDS V.32bis modems -- anyone got them?
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 00:43:14 GMT
Organization: MCSNet, Chicago, IL

Does anyone have any experience or commentary on the UDS line of V.32bis
modems?

They have two models:

	One has a LCD display on the front panel and is very fancy.
	Expensive as hell too.

	The second does not have the LCD display, and has the traditional
	LEDs instead.  Not as fancy, and not nearly as expensive.

Has anyone tried these in varying conditions?  I am considering a few and
am wondering what people think of them.

Thanks in advance.

--
Karl Denninger (karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM, <well-connected>!ddsw1!karl)
Data Line: [+1 312 248-0900]
From: n8743722@henson.cc.wwu.edu (delorm david)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: A Telebit FAX upgrade FLAME (Was: "Re: WB Fax Upgrade")
Date: 10 Jan 93 17:20:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: henson.1993Jan10.172024.28348
Organization: Western Washington University

mike@inftec.be (Mike Aerts) writes:

>In article <1993Jan8.180030.26673@riogrande.cs.tcu.edu> williams@riogrande.cs.tcu.edu (Mark Williams) writes:
>>We've seen a lot of flames for Telebit on their modal support of fax vs. data
>>calls.  What I haven't seen is anyone mentioning how other manufacturers are
>>doing this.  Do any of you have modems that DO perform the switch on incoming
>>calls?

>The ZyXEL 1496E modems allow you to that. I'm writing a modem-monitor, 
>for UNIX, that switches incoming calls between a callback system and a
>fax-spooler.  It's not complete yet, but the switching really works.
>This can be done by using setting the modem in ZFAX mode, and I will
>try it out in Class 2 mode.

How does it handle manually originated fax calls, ie the type where the
sending fax machine is silent until the operator hears fax tones from
the reciever?
From: yves@eastwind.mcds.com (Yves Eynard)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Unknown modem
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 93 09:35:55 EST
Organization: The East Wind  +1 201 875 7063


When I first started to use BBSes I bought a 2400 baud modem of unknown 
origin.  I used it without problems.  I then got a highspeed modem and 
promptly set the 2400 aside until someone needed to borrow it.  
Unfortunatly, this was a third party, and the modem was returned sans
manual.

Problem:  I want to use the modem along with my hs modem, but they are 
set the same.  The comm program that I use offers me a choice of com1
(my mouse) and com2, so these two ports are out of the question.
I need to set my 2400 to a different port, but I don't know the jumper 
settings.

Is there a way that I can set the jumpers randomly and have software 
tell me how it is set?  If the software exists, I would like to know.

Thank you in advance.


Yves Eynard            | A billion here... a billion there... 
yves@eastwind.mcds.com | pretty soon you are talking about 
                       | real money.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: vrv@cimage.com (Victor Volkman)
Subject: Sysops Modem Discount Report #19 Now Available!
Organization: Cimage Corp, Ann Arbor, MI
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 16:07:15 GMT


            Sysops Modem Sale Programs -- SYSMOD19.ZIP -- 04-JAN-93
                Straight Talk About Modems For Sysops Since 1991

    [INTRODUCTION]

         You may have heard that various modem manufacturers offer
    discounts on high-speed modems to qualified sysops.  However, you will
    soon find yourself chasing down every BBS in the country trying to get
    all the details.  When you get the details, you still have to sort
    through and find out who really has the best deal.  Since I've spent a
    couple years doing this for myself, I figured other people would like
    to save the time and trouble as well.  I've been a Sysop since 1988
    and would like to help anyone else along that I can!

    [HOW TO GET SYSMOD19.ZIP]

    HAL 9000 BBS:  (313)663-4173  1200/2400/9600/14400 v.32bis
                   (313)663-3959  1200/2400/9600/14400 v.32bis

    ftp:           pinto.cimage.com (or 139.171.201.125)
                   latest version in /pub directory
From: sp@questor.org (Steve Pershing)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ZyXEL 1496E+ won't answer a call
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 13:15:33 PST
Organization: Questor|Free Usenet News|Vancouver, BC: +1 604 681 0670

d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se (Mikael Wahlgren) writes:

|> I just got a ZyXEL U1496E+ with 5.04 ROMs.  I can't get it to recognize
|> the ring signal.  If I set S0=1 the modem will never answer the call
|> and there are never any "RING" messages sent by the modem.  The S40 register
|> is set to zero (0).  Anyone have a clue, or is it just mal-functioning?
|> I am located in Sweden, but usually there are no problems with the RING-
|> signal.

It may be that your ringing signal is different than the North American one,
where we get anywhere between 50-100vac at 20hz for 2s on and 4s off.

ZyXEL has some hidden registers for different countries.  As an example,
we had a Japanese client who had the same problem.

A call to ZyXEL tech support quickly provided the solution, and they are
now pleased as punch!

--
    Steve Pershing, SysAdmin  <sp@questor.org>    The QUESTOR Project
  FREE access to Environ, Sci, Med, & AIDS news, and more.  [also UUCP]
    on a ZyXEL-U1496S+  =>  v.42bis, v.32bis, v.33, up to 16,800bps.
                 -=-         -=-         -=-         -=-
   Fones: (+1 604)  Data: 681-0670  Telefax: 682-6160  Voice: 682-6659


Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl)
Subject: Re: Better Hayes Command Manual
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 04:23:37 GMT

In <1993Jan5.132743.13022@waikato.ac.nz> pdenize@waikato.ac.nz writes:

>I would like to know if anyone has a really good "descriptive" command summary
>they could post.  The manual I have assumes you know everything about the
>phone system.  The things I do know gets me in and about but the other two
>thirds of the commands are a complete mystery.

Well are you in luck!  See my posting to this group, posted just today.
I describe a neat Hayes publication that is available free on their BBS.
Of course it is an 800 number which you cannot dial from NZ.  
But the file there is a very helpful discussion of everything in the AT 
command set.  My posting contains a subset of the publication.

If you want, I could try to find a non-800 number you could use to reach
the BBS.

Carl Oppedahl

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems