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From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
Subject: Digicom Scout+ and Eagle are different
Organization: Netcom
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 05:51:21 GMT

Bohdan Tashchuk (zeke@fasttech.com) wrote:
: >As Wolfgang has said, Prodigy is selling Digicom Scout+ external
: >modems, Prodigy calls them "Eagles".  They come with a 30 day money back
: >guarentee for $199.00 U.S.  I haven't seen ANY bug reports about the
: >Digicom Scout+, this seems too good to be true.
: 
: Perhaps it IS too good to be true. Has this modem been "crippled" in any way,
: or is it the standard Digicom product?
: 
: Wolfgang, are you SURE it is the standard product?
: 
: Since Fraudigy usually offers some "free" connect time with a modem purchase,
: this could be a cheap way of buying one for Unix use but also trying their
: service for free.

The Digicom Eagle modem as sold exclusively by Prodigy to its members
uses the same Digicom chipset as the Scout series and the Quickcomm
Spirit II modems. However, it uses different firmware. The factory
defaults are also quite a bit different. The Eagle modems may only be
temporary, but the Scout will continue to be Digicom's flagship modem,
which can be expected to have innovations first.

But I am convinced that the Eagle is a solid product, and were it not
for the Scout, I would certainly give it serious consideration. As to
the terms, it has to be ordered electronically through the Prodigy
service and shipping is $11.75 for UPS 2nd day air plus sales tax in
all states. Prodigy does not itself support the modem, but directs you
to the original vendor of either the hardware or software. In fact the
Prodigy (800) number salespeople (and also the supervisor) tried to tell
me that no such offer for Digicom Eagle modems is available on their 
service. Apparently they dont use their own product?








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From: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas) 
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Intel Modems
Date: 16 Nov 92 10:02:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591
Reply-To: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas) 

moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes:

 JN> A serious limitation of the 400 is that it's a "DOS-only" modem
 JN> -- since Intel did not use Flash RAM or EEPROM for the firmware,
 JN> it has to be downloaded each time you power up, and Intel only
 JN> provides a DOS device driver to do the job.  :-(

 > From this and other comments, your complaints about Intel's modems
 > seem to be based on poor OS/2 or Unix support for the Intel
 > faxmodem -- is this correct?  Because having the firmware loaded
 > during boot-up for a DOS/Windows machine (like mine) isn't a
 > drawback (it's done with all the rest of the crap in the CONFIG.SYS
 > file.)

No, that is not my only complaint (although it is a major one).  Other
problems in the 400 include:

* Lack of full support for DESQview.

* Problems connecting with certain modems, particularly older 2400bps
and down models.

* Lower throughput than USR and other top data modems, particularly on
poorer lines.

* Common speaker failures.

* Problems receiving files in fax mode if a disk cache is running.

* Problems with certain phone installations and handsets.

* Random crashes in FAXability software.

* Inability of FAXability to handle certain Windows printing jobs.

* Poor scanner software support.

* A customer service policy that expects users to pay for fixes to
certain design defects.

Best regards,
John

p.s.  I also objected to Intel releasing the 400 without the
advertised 14400 fax support.
                                                                    
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: jhurwitz@access.digex.com (j. hurwitz)
Subject: USR HST v.42 Sqr Lights 14.4 $225.00
Keywords: sell sale hst 14.4 modem cheap
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Distribution: all
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 10:55:01 GMT


I have a USR HST 14.4 V.42 modem to sell. First $225.00 takes it.
No trades please.

Leave email or
Call voice 301-587-7884 ask for Jack.


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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: isc10192@nusunix1.nus.sg (KOH KHANG WEE)
Subject: Ever Left a Supra on for 24 hrs ?
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:33:01 GMT

Hi 
My question is

Has Anyone left his Supra on for 24 hrs and lived to tell the tale ?
I have a supra and it seems the problems lie with the power adapter and
not the modem itself. The Adapter heats up so much until it is too hot
to touch after five hours of usage, however the modem is still alright.
What i am afraid is the Adapter burning up on me. Maybe someone can tell
me about their experiences ?

I'd appreciate it if the responses are not flames about supra, but
genuine experiences. 

Please Email me if possible.

Thanks in advance !

Jerry
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: mlm2@crux1.cit.cornell.edu (Mark Lee Margolis)
Subject: Supra ROMS gone
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date: 17 Nov 92 04:13:08 GMT

The Supra ROMS are gone - they went quite fast. Sorry.

- Mark

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From: jc@minya.UUCP (John Chambers)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Efficient CRC routine?
Keywords: CRC
Date: 22 Nov 92 18:03:40 GMT

I've generally dismissed the use of CRCs in software, because the only
algorithm I'd seen to generate (or check) them were so incredibly slow
(shifting the bits out of each byte, plugging each into a  polynomial,
and all that) that the performance hit was totally out of the range of
acceptability.  This, if you implement the algorithm in McNamara on  a
386,  calculating  a  CRC  for  a 1Kbyte chunk takes a major part of a
second.  It might as well take a year.  CRCs seemed like something  of
interest  only  to  hardware  types,  who  could  implement  them with
parallel hardware and do it quickly.

But recently I ran across a remark that implied that I was wrong,  and
that an efficient algorithm existed to generate CRCs. Does anyone know
if this is true?  Would there perhaps be a C routine  that  does,  for
example,  CRC-CCITT fast enough to be usable by software that needs to
detect modem failures?  It'd be nice to have  something  that  does  a
better job than the familiar Internet checksum.

If this is discussed in some text that I should have but  don't,  it'd
be nice to get a reference, too.

[There are few articles in comp.dcom.modems here, so  an  email  reply
would stand a better chance of getting here than a followup.]

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: drkhoe@nmt.edu (ONID)
Subject: Survey - Research
Organization: New Mexico Tech
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 03:05:02 GMT

                              QUESTIONNAIRE
                         TO EXAMINE CAFFEINE USE
                        AMONG COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
                         AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
                                     
Most of us enjoy consuming caffeine in one form or another. The purpose of
this questionnaire is to examine how much caffeine is being consumed, what
form the caffeine is being consumed in, and who is consuming it.

Please answer these questions with email to: bob@jupiter.nmt.edu
with the subject 'survey'.

**Please do not post your answers, that will waste bandwidth**

You don't have to quote the whole article, just use 6 lines or so:
EXAMPLE
	1 CS
	2 85 cans
	3 Jolt
	4 5 pots
	5 none (gives me a headache)
	6 45 Vivarin/hr.

Thank you!

1. What is your field of work/study?
    EE       CS        BothNeither

2. How much soda do you consume per day (average)?
    ________

3. What kind of soda do you drink?
    ________

4. How much coffee do you consume per day (average)?
    ________

5. How much tea?
    ________

6. Do you take any caffeinated pills? If so, how many?
    Vivarin  NoDoze    Maximum Strength Excedrin
    ______   ______    ______

bob@jupiter.nmt.edu
Bob "Chunkstyle" Broilo
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: alpha@vpnet.chi.il.us (Randy Sales)
Subject: 16800 out of USR Sportster??
Organization: Vpnet - Free Usenet access
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 18:29:52 GMT

Some said there was a way of getting 16,800 baud out of a USR 14400 Sportster.
Does anyone know what the scoop is on this or is it a fairy tail????
From: jroth@aegis.or.jp (Joel Roth)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Efficient CRC routine?
Keywords: CRC
Date: 23 Nov 92 14:48:38 GMT

wolfgang@wsrcc.com (Wolfgang S. Rupprecht) writes:

>jc@minya.UUCP (John Chambers) writes:
>>I've generally dismissed the use of CRCs in software, because the only
>>algorithm I'd seen to generate (or check) them were so incredibly slow
>>(shifting the bits out of each byte, plugging each into a  polynomial,
>>and all that) that the performance hit was totally out of the range of
>>acceptability. 

[...]

>Its only one or two lines of C depending on how you count it.  Any
>good compiler will render it into 10 or less instructions. 

[..]

Some kind soul responded to an earlier query about this with code
for using a lookup table instead of calculating the values with
bit-shifting. Happy to post it if you like.

>-- 
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>Snail Mail:           39469 Gallaudet Drive, Fremont, CA 94538-4511

Email to jroth@aegis.org
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce)
Subject: AT&F command - does it truly reset?
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 16:20:12 GMT

What does the 'AT&F' command do in a Hayes or truly Hayes-compatible?
What does it do in a Gateway Telepath?  Gateway's tech service can't
give me a straight answer (flames  about that will be reserved for
another post :-<<).

I am looking for a way to do a software reset of the modem to factory
conditions.  'AT&F' is supposed to do that.  But apparently it doesn't rest
the 'S' registers. Or not all of them. Or some of them sometimes.  Maybe.

The reason?  I have to use different command sets to link with different
remote systems/modems.  I would like to cleanly reset the modem before
using a new command set.  Things from other commands seem to lurk about
and confuse the issue.  Most notable is the N0S37=n where n is an integer
representing modem speed, e.g. '9' = 9600.  This seems to help with some
communications but the only way to clear it is to shut power to the system
completely down and restart.
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
Subject: Digicom Scout+ $199
Organization: Netcom
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:00:54 GMT

Digicom Systems Inc. of Milpitas, California has reduced the list
prices of its Scout Plus modem series. I can now offer:

Digicom Scout+ PC V.32bis (internal)      $199
Digicom Scout+ V.32bis    (external)      $244

Both modems come complete with Qmodem, DosFax and Winfax software.
I have also arranged for a MacIntosh version:

Digicom Scout+ MAC V.32bis (external)     $289

It ships with Quicklink II in addition to the programs mentioned above.
I accept credit cards and ship anywhere on this planet.

Also, a mayor online service has committed to tens of thousands of
Scouts. I suspect this leads to production efficiencies.

Please look for files related to Digicom modems at
ftp.rahul.net:/pub/wolfgang. I will update them shortly.



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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: PEP over SLIP?
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 05:59:22 GMT
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <1992Nov18.041109.17680@uxmail.ust.hk> coggs@Cogwheel.COM writes:
>|> Is it possible to use SLIP over a PEP connection? 
>
>It'll run but practical performance will suffer...
>IMHOP, You are better off to run V.32

For a real data point, one of the first Usenix conference terminal rooms
was hooked to the Internet via PEP and header-compressed SLIP (by special
arrangement with Van Jacobson to use his then-unreleased header-compression
code, in fact...), and the one after that used V.32 CSLIP instead (Telebit
having announced a V.32 modem by that point :-)).  While the PEP-CSLIP
link wasn't unusable, the V.32 one was *definitely* a lot more satisfactory.
This was with pretty highly asymmetric traffic, too -- keystrokes out and
machine responses back.
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: turkstra@cs.hope.edu (Screwtape)
Subject: PC Mag - More USR Bashing?
Keywords: USR
Reply-To: turkstra@cs.hope.edu
Organization: Hope College
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 19:55:56 GMT

I just got a chance to look at the current(?) issue of PC magazine - Cover:
"Upgrading your system"  It seems that again PCmag has not given USR a fair shake.
They did not include transfer totals for any USR modem, because it wouldn't work out
of the box.  They had to do some messing with the init string.  When's the last time
you bought a new piece of hardware (or software, for that matter) that didn't take a 
little twiddling to optimize? 
 
Also, the reported that the BlastFAX software was under par.  So what, buy Faxability
PRO!  I agree the software isn't the best, but I doubt it's worse than Quicklink II 
(The comm software SO good, you can only get it with a cheap modem! :)

In the actual write up, they say that the "modem is hard to set up with comm software 
- you have to select that particular modem from the configuration, and you can't use 
the comm program defaults."  Boy, that's tough.  Three or four mouse clicks...

I don't know why PC mag doesn't like USR, but the in the last review (a year or so ago) I seem to remeber a poor review, also.  Anyone else read this article?

Even if I wasn't a satisfied Sportster owner, I think I'd think twice about the Supra
being a better modem - PC mag's estimate.  Opinions?

	Turkstra@cs.hope.edu
From: dvasconc@sw.stratus.com (D Vasconcelos)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: NEW USR COURIER PRICING
Keywords: USR courier price
Date: 18 Nov 92 18:51:57 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: spot.sw.stratus.com

fyi
	I just got the new list prices from USR on Courier modems.  They are
	as follows

	MODEL				PRODUCT		WAS	NOW

	CR V.32bis Data Only Ext.	#0094-00	$895	$695
	CR V.32bis Data Only Int.	#0097-00	$845	$645
	CR V.32bis Fax/Data Ext.	#0187-00	$995	$795
	CR V.32bis Fax/Data Int.	#0192-00	$945	$745


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From: EP.MXG@forsythe.stanford.edu (Maurice Green)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: SatisFAXtion 400 - prob. with getting inco
Date: 23 Nov 1992 21:25:20 -0800
Organization: Stanford University
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: morrow.stanford.edu

In article <1992Nov24.020348.27701@csc.ti.com>,
simon@wotangate.sc.ti.com (Jean-Yves Simon) writes:
>
>In article 1@postman.hsn.no, hew@postman.hsn.no (Hermann Westlie) writes:
>>Can anybody help me solve a problem with my SatisFAXtion 400 modem. I have
>>problem with receving incomming calls from modems. It works well with
>>incomming and outgoing FAXs and outgoing modem calls.
>>
>>I use a shared line for FAX/modem and Voice calls. The modem picks up the
>>phone when I get an incomming call, but it handle incomming modem calls the
>>same way as incomming voice calls.
>
>if you have installed the software with option 1 or 2, the modem which is calling you
>has to issue a # after your number. In that case, your modem will not that it is a modem
>call. The other solution is to use the wall phone, nor the one plugged in your modem,
>and issue yourself a #. After the 400 answers, you can hang up the phone.
>Not a very smart interface, but it works for me all the time now. It was hard to pick up
>the trick!
>Hope this helps.

MORE SPECIFICALLY, you should read pages 27-32 of the Installation
Guide which came with the 400. NOTE the following:
1. If you have set Option 1 (mostly FAX) or Option 2 (mostly voice)
for the shared line, YOU STILL HAVE TO SET S0=n where n is the
number of rings after which the DATA modem will answer. If you set
S0=0 (default), the DATA modem will never answer.
2. The FAX modem will answer after the number of rings which you
selected in SETUP and THIS WILL TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THE SETTING IN
THE S0 REGISTER.
3. The "trick" of picking up an EXTENSION phone and entering the #
key is described there, but note that you should set your FAX
modem to pickup on GREATER than 1 ring or else you won't be able to
answer a VOICE call before the FAX modem picks up the line.

When all else fails, READ THE DAMN MANUAL!  Good Luck.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: louislam@iastate.edu (Louis C Lam)
Subject: Please give me a one sentence answer, Supra or others?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:58:01 GMT

I had pretty much decided on the SupraFaxModem V.32bis, but after reading
your comments about this modem, I have to think twice.

I see that some of you are having problems with dialing in to the SFM. I'm
planning to use a SFM on a Mac IIci and dial in from my PowerBook using ARA.
Will I get connected?

Finally, should I buy Supra or ZyXEL?

Louis
Organization: University of Central Florida--Computer Services
Date: Wednesday, 18 Nov 1992 20:59:17 EST
From: Michael `Anti-Microsoft' Brunetti <MICHAELB@UCF1VM.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: FOLLOWUP: Boca 14.4 & Fax.. Maybe

hate to burst your bubble but I am using what Boca claims is the latest
ROM version (1.20) and it still has PLENTY of bugs.  In time I suspect
everything will be worked out....

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  Consultant                             Long Live OS/2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  Computer Engineering Student            Orlando, FL
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: PEP over SLIP?
Keywords: SLIP PEP
Organization: The Gator Conferencing System 219-289-3745 
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 14:17:05 GMT

ssmith@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Stephen Smith) writes:

>Is it possible to use SLIP over a PEP connection? 

Yes it is, however throughput is quite slow

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (Bill Mayhew)
Subject: Worldblazer fax upgrade
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 02:23:49 GMT

I see Uunet has/will have fax upgrades for T-3000s purchased before
November 1, 1992 for $69 ($99 list).  Does anyone know the
constituent parts of the upgrade?  Just ROMs, or is there host
software too?  Hopefully, this will be extended to Worldblazer
owners too, though I suppose I am grandfathered in having bought
T3000s, subsequently upgraded to Worldblazers.  I sure would be
nice to have fax software available for a workstation system (Sun,
DEC, HP, etc..), but that is probably daydreaming.  Hopefully,
there is at least some sort of PC/Mac thing bundled in.


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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: Dean.Roth <Dean.Roth@mixcom.mixcom.com>
Subject: Re: Why not Supra?
Organization: Milwaukee Internet Xchange BBS, Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 12:32:37 GMT

In <9782@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> nick+@pitt.edu (Nick C De Mello) writes:

>  My question: is there any specific complaints about them I should
>know of?  Should I not buy it, and why?  Also, if not the Supra
>what would you recommend instead?

I have 3 Supras, 2 Practical Peripheral V.32bis, 2 Zoom V.32turbo,
Hayes Ultra V.32 and other modems.

The Supras have problems making V.32bis (14400) connections,
especially connecting to each other. They are often able to 
realibly connect to better brands of V.32bis modems. (If I
unplug a Supra and plug in a different V.32bis modem, such as
a PPI, I don't see any connect problems, indicating the problem
is the Supra.) I do NOT recommend a Supra.

Practical Peripheral's V.32bis has worked well for me. I have
two and have used them to make and answer calls for several
months. And PPI has stood behind the warranty, unlike Supra.

Dean