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From: Rick_McCormack@mindlink.bc.ca (Rick McCormack)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Whose modem is it safe/correct to buy?
Date: 9 Oct 92 20:21:00 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

Wow@! with the down-load dumping on Hayes for this silly anti-TIES stuff in
its recent postings, and USR threatening customers with modem-abuse, and
Everex discontinuing its support of Abaton mac products in Canada, will I be
forced to consider (gadzooks, sirrrah!) a Zoom modem?

Any recommendations on a v32.bis external for switched use between a Mac and
a PC? Any good ones with FAX send and receive facilities?
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews)
Subject: Re: register 130 on Trailblazer T2500
Summary: S130=5 == &S4  on WB/T3000
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 18:58:48 GMT

In article <1bfl7gINNkji@phad.hsc.usc.edu> mcitron@phad.hsc.usc.edu (Mark Citron) writes:
>
>My question: does either the Worldblazer or the T3000 have an S130 register
>that is similar to the T2500? That is, can you set the DSR to be on
>only when  a carrier is detected from the remote modem. This does NOT
>seem to be the case for Hayes modems.
>

&S4 does what you need on the WorldBlazer and T3000 modems.  It's also there
on T1600 modems that have equivalent firmware (LA3.00 or higher).  &S4 wasn't
documented until recently, though.


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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,biz.comp.telebit
From: wolfgang@rahul.net (Wolfgang Henke)
Subject: Re: USR DS v.32bis 10-15% faster thoughput over the Worldblazer
Organization: a2i network
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 21:34:20 GMT

Greg Andrews (gerg@netcom.com) wrote:
: tests on my own systems.  I'll post the results in a couple of weeks
: when I've completed them.

Good to hear. I have run some preliminary tests with USR DS, T3000 and
Scout+ modems on three different hosts, downloading zipped files to a 
Scout+ modem using Ymodem and Zmodem and V.32bis, V.42, V.42bis:

		Ymodem         Zmodem

USR DS          1680 cps       1630 cps 
T3000           1630 cps       1590 cps
DSI Scout+      1660 cps       1630 cps  

This is a difference of about 3% between the USR DS and Telebit T3000,
smaller than previously claimed.  Not all variables were the same in
these experiments: The host for the USR DS was a 486 running PCBoard on
an ethernet LAN, the host for the T3000 was a terminal server connected
via digital leased lines to a Sun ethernet and the host for the Scout+
was a 386 running Wildcat.  The estimated error is +/- 30 cps.




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Wolfgang Henke <wolfgang@rahul.net>
From: jws@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (John Schmidt)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 15:51:03 GMT
Subject: Re: Question on Display in Prac. Periph 14400FXSA ext. modem
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems

Other responses indicate that the Practical modems display "Bong!" for the
credit card number prompt. Is there a corresponding enhancement to the
dial command options? (That is, can I say something like "ATDT0,xxx-xxxx?nnnnn 
where ? represents a "wait for bong"? This would really come in handy on the
road....

Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: bri7@quads.uchicago.edu (David Hauck)
Subject: Zilog SCC or ESCC chip ??
Reply-To: bri7@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 13:16:17 GMT

          
I'm posting this for a friend and would appreciate any and all responses.
I'm hoping this is the correct newsgroup for such a beast, please let me 
know if there is a more appropriate one!  Thanks in advance!

The Question:

               Has anyone been able to get a Zilog SCC or ESCC chip to
          work consistently in a purely interrupt driven system?  I'm
          trying to improve a design using this chip and it would be a
          BIG help if I could remove the polling operations I'm
          presently using.  Any and all suggestions in this regard
          would be welcome.

------------------------
Celia Brinkerhoff
University of Chicago
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From: elliot@Wellspring.COM (Elliot H. Mednick)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Supra - STILL Problems
Distribution: world
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 03:17:06 GMT
Organization: Wellspring Solutions, Sutton, MA.
Reply-To: elliot@Wellspring.COM

In article <1992Oct13.063801.21621@pmafire.inel.gov> rickf@pmafire.inel.gov writes:
 >    You might try S110=2, or 1 above, and maybe lower s109 a notch.

What are s110 and s109?
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Wellspring Solutions                                     Sutton, MA. 01590
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: Petri.Wessman@hut.fi (Petri Wessman)
Subject: Re: ZyXEL's -- do they ever work?
Reply-To: Petri.Wessman@hut.fi
Organization: La Gata Encantada
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 19:29:02 GMT

On Fri, 2 Oct 1992 22:23:41 GMT, fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) said:

> |After half an hour, it just crashed with the LEDs
> |in a random state. Power cycling (the only way to reset) didn't 
> |help.

Bill> Did you try turning it on with the data/talk switch held in?
Bill> That will do a hardware reset.

Related to a similiar problem I'm having: does anyone know how to
cause a hardware reset on the 1496-B model (the PC card version)?
And what does the non-documented jumper on the card do (the single one
that's all by itself near the speaker, not connected by default)?

//Petri
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: johnson@tigger.jvnc.net (Steven L. Johnson)
Subject: Re: Hayes Press Release: High-Density Rack Communications System
Originator: johnson@tigger.jvnc.net
Organization: JvNCnet
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 05:31:54 GMT

mauritz_c@spcvxb.spc.edu writes:

>I am fortunate in that my Zoom v.32 modem seems to ignore the 3+s by
>default.  However, it DID take me a while to figure out why one of the
>users on my machine had problems with his (Hayes) modem suddenly
>dropping carrier.  After an hour or so of digging I got around to asking
>him what he was doing when it happened and he replied "I was trying
>to read an article about Hayes in comp.dcom.modems."

It seems unlikely that this is the case as:

a) hayes modems are unaffected by the TIES trigger contained in the
   articles; and
b) the trigger only affects the the sending modem (i.e. not the
   end user) when simply reading an article; and
c) the sequence given only drops the sending modem into command
   mode, but should not cause it to drop carrier.

I think it slightly more subtle than (or totally unrelated to)
the "dreaded TIES bomb" affecting a Hayes modem.

-Steve
From: jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Shunning proprietary modems (was: Re: Zoom vs Supra vs ZyXEL)
Date: 8 Oct 92 05:07:38 GMT
	<LRPXRB1w165w@hovel.welly.gen.nz>
Organization: University of Pittsburgh Computer Science


   jpf@wstar.mixcom.com (John P. Flanagan) writes:

   > jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) writes:
   > 
   > >For noisy phone line handling, check out the ZyXEL, Supra or Zoom.
   >                                                      ^^^^^
   > 						     Forget it!
   > WARNING:
   > If you purchase a Supra to run at greater than 9600 on less
   > than perfect phone lines, you're wasting your money!
   > 
   > If Supra is listening, you'd better define what 'noisy phone line'
   > means with respect to the other modem vendors that `can and do'
   > reliably connect under identical line conditions.
   > 
   > A little less marketing and a little more engineering?
   > 
   > I've purchased two of your silver (1.2C) toys last May.
   > I'd trade them both for a couple tin cans and string.
   > Thanks for all the grief Supra.

Well, this has not been my experience at all.  I have *very* noisy
phone lines.  I live virtually beneath a combination radio
broadcast tower/microwave relay station.  The interference with 
normal phone conversations is horrible; with my previous non-ECC
2400 bps modems the noise frequently drove me to distraction.

I bought a SupraFaxModem V.32bis.  I bought it with some reservations,
given net.opinion, so I got a solid 30-day MBG from a reliable source.
The MBG was prudent, but not necessary.

It has worked wonderfully.  The V.42 error correction has *eliminated*
the crap I had been putting up with.  I routinely get reliable 14,400
bps connections.  ~1,450-1,650 cps transfers typical (most on the high
end).  It has only once negotiated below 12,000 bps, though it has
retrained on 12,000 a handful of times.  My one complaint is that it
takes too long to renegotiate--sometimes seems like 20 seconds or so
(though I've never tried timing it, and my estimate may well be
compounded by the frustration of any interruption to my generally-fast
typing).

Perhaps there are good reasons various people have reported problems
with Supra V.32bis modems.  Ultra-low-cost, just-on-the-market
products often do have frustrating flaws.  But as I read the messages
related to Zyxel, USR, Telebit, etc modems, there are a large number
of seemingly similar "I can't connect with XYZ," "my data rate is
low," etc. messages.  I'm not sure that Supra deserves the intensity
of disparaging remarks it has received in this forum.  I for one, at
least, have been very satisfied with Supra's product under my trying
phone-line conditions.  Given the low price especially, it's been a
very good buy.
From: taqwaa@equinox.unr.edu (Muhammad Taqwaa)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: questions
Date: 11 Oct 92 05:06:41 GMT
Organization: University of Nevada, Reno

Dear Friends,
I would like to buy 2400 FaxModem for my IBM compatible computer
Have cuple of questions as:

-How can I send  a content of one page with that .

-How can I receive and show or print one page that is a figure not
English letter.

-Should my computer be on all the time to receive Fax.

-If I am using the same phone line of my Home for Fax how can my
computer figure out that it is Fax when I am not at home?

With
High regards

                  taqwaa@equinox.unr.edu
From: robichau@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (Paul Robichaux)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ZyXEL 1496E feature set
Date: 15 Oct 92 14:58:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: lambda.1992Oct15.145826.2110
Reply-To: robichau@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov
Organization: New Technology, Inc.

In <1992Oct14.132519.11718@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov> I asked for
information on the differences between the ZyXEL 1496 models.

Many helpful correspondants told me that part b) of my question was
the correct answer; to wit, 
>	b) The primary difference between the two models is that the
>	1496S has a snazzy front panel and support for 4-line leased
>	lines.

Several people pointed out that the 1496S also supports some protocols
not likely to be useful to Joe Modemer (as Ron Dippold put it.)

Thanks to everyone who responded.

-Paul
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Mission Operations Support Systems  | Printed on recycled phosphors.
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: "Duc-Nghiep VO" <CT61@music.mus.polymtl.ca>
Subject: Modem CPU
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 20:05:01 GMT

Hi,
I need Rockwell adress, somebody here can send it to me by E-Mail ?
thanks in advance.


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  Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal      CT61@POLYTEC1.BITNET
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Distribution: jadpc2
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 11:42:20 -0800
From: Zero_One@p6.f356.n103.z1.fidonet.org
Subject: When does zfax detect fax/voce?
Comment-To: Uen-Jiun_Tzeng@p6.f356.n103.z1.fidonet.org
Reply-To: Zero_One@p6.f356.n103.z1.fidonet.org
X-FSC-PATH: 202/701
X-FSC-EID: 10ca 2bdbaf40
X-FSC-PID:  FM+ 2.1

 > Does zfax detect fax/voice during playing the greeting message?
        Uen-jiun
 > --- rfmail 0.4.3.J
 >  * Origin: Orphan Board West  fido <-> unix gateway (1:202/723)

Yes it does.

Tyrone Horton
(Zero One)
Tech Support
ZyXEL USA

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
Subject: Re: DigiScout+ FAX problem
Organization: Netcom
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 22:54:37 GMT

Robert Schien (robsch@robkaos.GUN.de) wrote:
: I want to send/receive faxes with my DigiScout+ under UNIX.
: I know there is the netfax package, but unfortunately it
: requires class 2 commands. The DigiScout+ has only class 1 commands.
: 
: Is there a patch for netfax for class 1 modems?
: Or will the DigiScout+ modem be able to accept class 2 commands
: in the future (new ROM) ?


There is another public domain fax program available called faxpak
from Klaus Schallhorn. It supports the Sierra fax interface, but
I know of some efforts to hack it to Class 1.            

Once a Class 2 fax spec is successfully voted on, its save to assume
that it will be implemented.


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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews)
Subject: Re: Qblazer with SUN IPC ???
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 08:08:51 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.062631.14441@nuscc.nus.sg> wilson@solomon.technet.sg (Wilson Leong) writes:
>
>Has anyone tried to set up a dial out modem on a SUN IPC sunos4.1.2 using a
>qblazer modem? In my remote file, I've specified hayes type modem but when I
>run tip, it always gives me an error message " can't synchronize with hayes"
>Changing the baud rate does not make any difference. Thank you in advance if
>anyone out there can help me. Pleaseee...
>

Worked for me.  What happens when you tip directly to the modem port?
Can you type "AT" and press return, and get an "OK" back from the modem?
Try the direct connection at different speeds and see what results you
get.

>
>File /etc/gettytab
>
>w|P.38400|38400-baud:\
>	:sp#38400:p8:ms=crtscts:
>######################################################################
>
>Init string used for qblazer:
>
>AT M1 S0=0 Q0 V1 X4 &C1 &D2 S58=2 S59=1 S68=2 S180=2 S190=1
>

The init string doesn't make much sense to me.  If you have getty
running on the port (you included the gettytab entry), why do you
have S0=0?  The modem will never answer the phone!  Also Q0 is not
the right setting for answering calls on a Unix system.  You'll need
to set Q1 to eliminate the modem's RING and CONNECT messages.  Getty
doesn't want to see those.

Also, X4 will not work with Sun's tip.  Set X0 in the modem or get
the patch from Sun to handle Telebit modem connect messages.

The rest of your settings look fine, as long as you're using the
right modem cable.  Do NOT use the QBlazer's Macintosh cable.
Use the cable recommended by Sun for connecting a modem, and use
the QBlazer's 25-pin cable.


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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
Subject: Re: SLIP or PPP Info?
Organization: Netcom
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 18:18:05 GMT

Bill Goffe (bgoffe@seq.uncwil.edu) wrote:
: I'm looking for information on how to connect two PC's running DOS
: with SLIP or PPP. One of the PC's (the one in my office) currently
: runs TCP/IP and is on the Internet. I'd like to add that capability
: to my home PC w/ a serial line.

archie -st -m5 ka9q

Host gatekeeper.dec.com

    Location: /.3/net
      DIRECTORY dr-xr-xr-x        512  Aug  1 12:48  ka9q

Host goya.dit.upm.es

    Location: /info/mac
      DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x        512  Jul  3 10:01  ka9q

Host grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr

    Location: /pub/afuu/interop/msdos/tcpip
      DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x        512  Apr 10 00:00  ka9q

Host ftp.waseda.ac.jp

    Location: /pub/toumon/ham-radio
      DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x        512  Sep  3 1991  ka9q

Host funet.fi

    Location: /networking/mac
      DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x        512  Feb  4 1991  ka9q


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From: JMAASKANT@THORIN.UTHSCSA.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: If anyone bought an USR DS via sysop program
Date: 13 Oct 92 21:55:44 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet


 
>I'ld like to buy a USR HST DS 16.8k modem via USR's sysop discount
>program. Before doing so, however, I'ld like know the opinions of anybody
>who already did so, and get more information about it.
> 
1-800-dial-usr and ask for the BBS number.  You could order on-line last
time I grabbed one.  The most recent one I've ordered (right after the 
16.8's came out) took a week to verify and then a couple more
to ship.

I've had no problems and people have a much easier time connecting to these
than some of the other 'high end' modems we see on BBS's locally.  The other
modem that's gained a fairly good rep locally is the Zyxel if you want V32bis
only.    



Cheers,
Jan (1:387/255fido | jmaaskant@uthscsa.edu)
From: craig.ford@yob.sccsi.com (Craig Ford) 
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: USR Sportster Info Needed!
Date: 11 Oct 92 23:27:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Ye Olde Bailey BBS - Houston, TX - 713-520-1569
Reply-To: craig.ford@yob.sccsi.com (Craig Ford) 

From: craig.ford@yob.sccsi.com

tedc@ee.ubc.ca (ted chen) was overheard saying in part:

 TC> I understand the fall forward/fall back is in the v.32bis
 TC> specification.

The procedure to do so is very clearly detailed in the recommendation,
but the circumstances under which it is to be triggered are not.

 TC> How is USR's ASL related to this feature?  ie. what's
 TC> the difference between ASL and the regular v.32bis rate changing?

ASL(tm) involves more than signal rate changing, eg. quick link ups
between USR V.32bis models, asymmetric operation, etc., and I also
believe that ASL(tm) rate adjustments require retraining, the signal
rate changes of V.32bis do not require retraining.

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Futures Past Systems, Ltd.                   |white, but we decide which
Usenet: Craig.Ford@yob.sccsi.com (Craig Ford)|is right, and which is an
Fido:   1:106/2000.10                        |illusion." 
CIS:    74276,2374                           |     The Moody Blues


... --==*> Real Programmers Practice Safe HEX! <*==--
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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 15:32:04 EDT
From: <DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Zilog SCC or ESCC chip ??
Distribution: usa

In article <1992Oct13.131617.9596@midway.uchicago.edu>, bri7@quads.uchicago.edu
(David Hauck) says:

>The Question:

>               Has anyone been able to get a Zilog SCC or ESCC chip to
>          work consistently in a purely interrupt driven system?  I'm
>          trying to improve a design using this chip and it would be a
>          BIG help if I could remove the polling operations I'm
>          presently using.  Any and all suggestions in this regard
>          would be welcome.

Well, other than the fact that the (E)SCC is the weirdest serial chip on the
planet :), it should work. Beware of the fact that some important registers
(e.g. RR3) are only available in one channel. A couple other points:
1. Reset the pending transmit interrupt at the end of a series of writes.
(i.e. write %00101000 to control). 2. If you are using the "ext/status"
interrupt (e.g. for CTS transitions) you must clear it in the int routine
by writing %00010000 to control.
From: knipe@s576.mksol.dseg.ti.com (Richard Knipe (@s576))
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: BOCAMODEMS - WHY ARE THEY SO CHEAP??
Date: 15 Oct 92 13:44:24 GMT
Organization: Texas Inc., Dallas, Texas


I've been very happy with my Boca 14.4 fax/modem.  If I could have afforded
an intel I would have but the Boca gets the job done.


knipe@me.uta.edu
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(214)575-3575 voice
(214)575-6965 fax

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From: dirkst@kaa.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Dirk Steinberg)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: ZyXEL 1496 E plus
Date: 7 Oct 92 06:08:13 GMT
Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik  /  RWTH Aachen

Hi there,

is there any shop in the USA that would ship a ZyXEL 1496 E plus
to me here in germany at a reasonable price? The prices here are
artificially high and in ami-land I have read prices for the
1496 E (no plus) just above $300. I would also need a 220 volt
power supply. I have VISA, so payment should be no problem.

Thanks for any pointers,

Dirk
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Aachen University of Technology
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems