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From: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas) 
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Legality of using product
Date: 8 Oct 92 11:59:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591
Reply-To: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas) 

mwilson@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com (Monty Wilson) writes:

 > Companies, including USR, do not have the power to enact laws.
 > Just because they say something is illegal doesn't make it so.  The
 > legislative branch of the United States (if that is where all this
 > is occurring) enacts certain laws (copyright, etc.) to protect
 > certain entities from others.  In this case, book publishers were
 > protected from people making copies of books without the proper
 > royalties reaching the proper persons.  The law has been extended
 > to include software to the point that it is not legal to copy
 > software (including chips) and in some cases even to disassemble
 > the code.

I agree with you up to but not including the last point.  I believe
that the courts have held that disassembly (aka reverse engineering)
is legal.  (See Vault v. Quiad)

Disclaimer:  I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice.

Best regards,
John
From: hughesk@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Kirby W. Hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: How to create ANSI banner for Zyxel promo?
Date: 8 Oct 92 02:30:14 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

In article <17973@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) writes:
>In article <1992Sep29.203602.22173@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> colinm@cory.Berkeley.EDU (MANNING) writes:
>
>>The 40% discount promo that Zyxel is offering requires an ANSI
>>banner for their BBS.  
>
>Is this true?  Or is the discount merely being offered at the same
>time as the contest?  The post I read wasn't very clear about this.
>
>--
>Dan Zerkle  zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu  (916) 756-5170

I called them this morning and they said you _have_ to submit an entry
to receive the discount.  (btw, entries have to be received by Monday)


-Kirby Hughes
hughesk@gas.uug.arizona.edu
From: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas) 
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: USR Sportster Info Needed
Date: 8 Oct 92 11:59:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591
Reply-To: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas) 

eadie5295@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:

 > I would like to know all of the info on the new 14.4 Sportster
 > (w/fax).

It's a very good product.

 > I would also like to know if it has the 16550 UART...

Yes (the internal version).

 > ... and if it will initiate a fall-forward (and other neat-oh
 > stuff).

Yes (according to the documentation).

Despite what has been posted in other messages, I have no problems
with auto-answering (or anything else for that matter).

Best regards,
John
From: jiangh@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Howard C Jiang)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: How Good is the Supra-Rom Upgrade?
Keywords: Supra Modem
Date: 8 Oct 92 20:12:18 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

In article <12688@sail.LABS.TEK.COM> thorh@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Thor Hallen) writes:
>I can't detect any improvement in the ability to connect at high speed.
>The fix involves some new parameters that are supposed to connect at
>low speed and then step up as much as the line quality will allow. Using
>this workaround, I can't get more than 12kbps - even with perfect lines.
>I had to experiment to even get the fix to function because it doesn't
>behave as described in the documentation.
>
>When I heard that the new ROM's removed the caller id function that was
>in the 1.2C ROM's, I concluded that the new ROM's are a net loss and
>decided to reinstall my original ROM's.

They probably realized that they could still profit from the call id function,
so they took it out. From the letter I received from Supra, bbs sysops who
got in on the deal can get caller id for free, but regular customers have to
pay the fee of $24.95 (that's including shipping I believe).

Voice mail firmware will be around $70 some in December as a PS in the letter.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Distribution: jadpc2
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 12:08:15 -0800
From: Zero_One@p6.f356.n103.z1.fidonet.org
Subject: Upgrading Zyxel ROM Sockets
Comment-To: John_R._Ackermann_x2966@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 2bdbaf42
X-FSC-PID:  FM+ 2.1

 > I just got my Rev 5.02 ROMS to upgrade from 4.04, and discovered
 > that my
 > Zyxel 1496 is one of the old ones with 28 pin sockets.

 > I believe I saw something here before about upgrading the sockets,
 > but
 > before I heat up my soldering iron I want to be sure...

 > Is it only necessary to add the single pin to each socket that
 > appears
 > at the top right (that would be pin 30, I think)?  And that the
 > other
 > three pins on the chip are left hanging in the air?

 > If I send the modem back to Zyxel for the upgrade, will they do
 > anything
 > more than add the single pin to each socket?

 > Thanks...
John,

Doing any soldering to the modem will void the warranty.

Tyrone Horton
(Zero One)
Tech Support
ZyXEL USA

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 * Origin: -=ZyXEL USA=- 1:202/701.101 (1:103/356.6)
From: markr@sound.cts.com (Mark B. Reinhold)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: GVC V.32 Modem
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 07:02:10 PDT
Organization: SDCT 1-619-461-3415

I am trying find out any information at all about the GVC 9600
baud V.32 modem.

If anyone has any info either good or bad, please let me know. I
will summarize all mail sent.

Thanks
From: jgp@moscom.com (Jim Prescott)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: 14400bps throuhput
Date: 13 Oct 92 17:19:53 GMT
Organization: Moscom Corp., Pittsford NY

In <1992Oct7.181619.7968@netcom.com> gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews) writes:
>In article <Bvq235.Fz5@inews.Intel.COM> mfineman@cad018..intel.com ( Mark S. Fineman ) writes:
>> is there a way to specify that the serial interface uses
>> less than 2 extra bits per byte? (Using normal DOS or some
>> widely used UNIX.)
>Not if you're using asynchronous ports and software.

You do need 2 extra bits per byte but you might be able to make your byte
smaller.  The SysV termio structure supports "7 bit, no parity" which would 
result in 9 bits per character being sent rather than 10.

This would let a 2400 bps modem transmit an extra 26.6 characters each second.

This assumes you don't need 8 bit characters (true for most Unix text/curses
applications) and that all the relevent pieces of hardware can actually cope
with "7 bit none".

>The start/stop bits
>provide "framing" around each character so the receiver can tell when
>one character ends and another begins.  Without the proper framing, the
>receiver might slip a little and decode the bit patterns wrong.

Even with framing it doesn't appear possible to synchronise with all
full speed asynch data streams.  If your receiver ever slips there is
no guarantee it will ever get back in sync.
-- 
Jim Prescott	jgp@moscom.com		{rit,tropix,ur-valhalla}!moscom!jgp
From: esj@harvee.billerica.ma.us (Eric S Johansson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Organization: gators 'r us
Subject: Re: Caller ID
	<1517@airgun.wg.waii.com>
Reply-To: esj@harvee.billerica.ma.us
X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.03 Rev. Apr 14 1992
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 20:49:30 -0500

In <1517@airgun.wg.waii.com>, Scott Denham X7117 writes:
>Simple. If I pay the phone company EXTRA for an unlisted number, I don't
>want it available to any commercial caller I call. I got it in the first
>place to avoid the annoying rash of telemarketing scams, pleas from semi-
>legitimate charities, etc.

interesting.  you can get the same effect as an unlisted number by
listing your phone under a fake name and screening calls with an
answering machine.  I've been doing that for the past 7+ years.  It
works *great*.  I haven't had to deal with a phone pimp in years and
people can still find me in the book if I tell them the key.

--- eric
-- 
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From: 1012breuckma@vms.csd.mu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: AMERICA ON LINE: question
Date: 13 Oct 1992 23:25:23 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Reply-To: 1012breuckma@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsa.csd.mu.edu

In article <92287.144604IK90103@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>, IK90103@MAINE.MAINE.EDU writes:
>Can anyone out there help me?  I am trying to comunicate with my brother
>in Oregon.  He is using a system called, AMERICA ON LINE. 
.
His address at America Online is     SCREENNAME@AOL.COM

Xref: sparky comp.dcom.modems:14825 comp.sys.sun.admin:7103
From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: Telebit T3000 and Suns
Keywords: T3000, Sun
Date: 9 Oct 92 23:50:35 GMT
Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara

>     I have S58=2 and S68=2 on the World Blazer.  It works fine for me.
>I've had no problems with any Sparc machines I've connected World Blazers
>to working this way.  No characters dropping.  The Sun responds fine to the
>modems flow control and I've yet to have a problem with it keeping up with
>incoming data.

In that case, then either:

	1) you're not running on a CPU serial port;

	2) you don't have the standard SunOS 4.x driver;

	3) the Sun *isn't* responding to the modem's flow control, but
	   is fast enough to keep up with the modem without it;

because the standard 4.x CPU serial port driver doesn't wiggle RTS to
control the flow of data into the machine.  Period.  End of discussion.
If you think you've seen it do so, you've seen something else and
misinterpreted it.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: Hacking USR ROMS [4.2 - 4.1]
Keywords: Supervisors.ROM.Hacks
Organization: The Gator Conferencing System 219-289-3745 
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 21:17:37 GMT

edhall@rand.org (Ed Hall) writes:

>In article <Bvto06.wE@gator.rn.com> larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
>>>2.) Is it wrong for 4.2 users to hack their ROMS.
>>
>>>It is not illegal to rip pages out of a book if you don't like the ending,
>>>nor is it wrong to "trick out" your new car's engine by installing better
>>>chips in the engine computer.  Legality aside, software issues like this
>>
>>Is it wrong to modify your videocipher II TVRO descrambler to receive
>>programming via satellite for which you don't subscibe to?  
>>
>>The programmers say it is illegal.  I say it is if for profit, but not
>>for personal use.

>No, Larry, it is very illegal--a Federal crime, in fact--to modify
>your descrambler to receive programs you didn't pay for.  Check out

Only because Time/HBO had enough $$$ to support a legal staff
for such legislation.  It's actually a crock of crap.  I tell
everyone to call TVRO dealers in Toronto (go to the local library
and look up numbers in the phonebook) and get the modifications.

I still send boxes of bricks to TIME (using their postage
paid self addressed stamped cards to subsribe their publications
which for some, unknown reason seem to fill my mailbox)..

If programming was reasonably priced -- this wouldn't be an issue -
but since Time is one of the largest cable MSO's -- they have no
interest in supporting the TVRO industry.    

-- 
Larry Snyder                                    internet: larry@gator.rn.com
keeper of the Gator                                  uucp: uunet!gator!larry
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews)
Subject: Re: USR DS v.32bis 10-15% faster thoughput over the Worldblazer
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 07:37:32 GMT

In article <fTxJwGT@quack.sac.ca.us> mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us (Nick Sayer) writes:
>
>My uucp results have, by contrast, been awful. I blame uucp-g
>for this, and am fully convinced that it is time to throw g into
>the shitter. If you're getting 1.3 kbps instead of 1.6 kbps and are
>moving 20 MB of news per day, it's nearly an hour more connect time.
>
>I run UUCP spoofing on the WB with v.32bis/MNP4 and I _STILL_ get
>1.3-1.4 kbps. That's just the way g is. 25% of your throughput is a
>terrible thing to waste.
>

Uucp-g's overhead is not 25%.  The packet overhead is only about 8.6%.
It can run slowly if the modem's propagation delay is long enough, but
spoofing or larger window/packet sizes will take care of that.  How
reliable was your measurement method?  Did the modems have to re-transmit
a lot of MNP packets?  Are you sure the modems actually TURNED ON their
spoofing?  (just setting the S111 register doesn't guarantee it'll happen)


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From: wierda@ltb.ltb.bso.nl (Gerben Wierda)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: ZyXEL (e-mail) address?
Date: 9 Oct 92 17:46:05 GMT
Reply-To: gerben@rna.indiv.nluug.nl
Organization: BSO/LT, Baarn, The Netherlands

Does anybody have an e-mail address for ZyXEL. They are not available in
Holland yet (nobody is, so the first one will get the market) and I want to
help them to get their approval. There are many interested people here, but
there is not an approved V32bis faxmodem for sale here.

Thanks,

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,biz.comp.telebit
From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: Worldblazer setup for SVR4
Organization: The Gator Conferencing System 219-289-3745 
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 20:56:52 GMT

jbd@virgin.mv.com (J. Bruce Dawson) writes:

>Any idea what the setup would be for the STREAMs drivers? 

My setup was for a streams based driver (I use streams for
all serial IO)

>Also, your setup doesn't seem to set HW flow control or use ttymon, and I
>was wondering if you ran into problems with these.

I'm using hardware flow control (it's configured with another
file ran at init 2, which does a +ctsflow +rtsflow on the serial
ports).
-- 
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keeper of the Gator                                  uucp: uunet!gator!larry
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: khioe@gina.jpl.nasa.gov (Kent Hioe)
Subject: Help, Anybody using Zoltrix 9600 modem with Xenix OS ?
Followup-To: khioe@juno.jpl.nasa.gov
Keywords: Zoltrix & Xenix OS
Organization: jpl
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 17:56:28 GMT


Hi, I need help from Zoltrix modem users.
I am having problem with Zoltrix 9600 modem on Xenix OS.
Whenever there is an incoming call, Zoltrix never answer the call even though 
the AA light is blinking. (the modem is set to 2 rings before answering the 
call). It works fine if I connected the modem to the PC running DOS with 
BITCOM software.

Could any body please help me to solve the problem ?

I need to solve this problem soon.


Thank you.


--
Kent Hioe
khioe@Juno.jpl.nasa.gov


Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: mtrim@crucible.demon.co.uk (Mike Trim)
Subject: Re: USR
Organization: Home
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 20:17:14 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

jerry@incc.com (Jerry Rocteur) writes:
: Hi,
: 
: Can anyone recommend a mail order shop that sells USR modems and that:
: 
: - Take Amex or VISA                
: - Sell (ship) to Europe
: - Will ship a 220v psu
: 
: I tried this a while ago with WB and *no_one* will do those simple
: things with WB so maybe someone will with USR.
: 
I'm not sure about USR modems.  But Omni Data Communications, 906 N. Main,
Wichita, KS 67203.  Phone (316) 264-5589 supplied me with a genuine UK spec
MultiTech MT1432BLK modem at about half the cost of buying in the UK.  Their 
advert in Computer Shopper suggests that they sell USR modems.
--
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5 Weald Close, Locks Heath         | Voice           +44-489-578321
Hampshire, England, SO3 6UZ        | Location        50 52'N  1 16'W
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: USRobotics dual 14.4 upgradable to v.fast?
Date: 7 Oct 92 18:50:35 GMT
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA

cole@concert.net (Derrick Cole KC4WEJ) writes:
>Could someone please give a summary of just what exactly v.fast entails?  I've
>yet to see/hear any description of the actual protocol.

Hopefully around 28.8kbps in each direction before compression.
However, everything is still up in the air.
-- 
The squeaky wheel gets the grease, but the yapping dog gets kicked.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: schayne@acs.ucalgary.ca (Stephen Hayne)
Subject: Re: Gateway Telepath Modem help please!!
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 18:05:29 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <Bw7BrA.A3F@ns1.nodak.edu> wilken@plains.NoDak.edu (Scott Wilken) writes:
>In article <Bw74Iu.M1u@news.cso.uiuc.edu> mfv23060@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Maurice F. Vallejo) writes:
>>(from a friends account)
>>
>>
>>	Is there anything I can do to fix my Telepath modem???
>
>Yep, send it back and buy a USRobotics or some other reliable brand.
>
>In modems as well as anything, you get what you pay for.

Well, I've had my telepath for a month now and I have absolutely
NO problems with it!  I always connect with several BBS and UofC
computers at 14.4k and I was up and running within 30minutes of
receiving the package.  Mind you, I did configure my system to
use Comm1/IRQ4 - I use XTalk (Windows) for cut&paste and
background up/download type terminal sessions and QModem for
basic terminal sessions.  If you did in fact get a defective
modem, send it back.  I've had good experiences with their
customer support - it is just their ordering that seems to have a
few problems...




-- 
Stephen C. Hayne, Assistant Professor, MIS, University of Calgary
    __!__         (403)220-7161        schayne@acs.ucalgary.ca
_____(_)_____     "I love to fly - my banker will verify."
From: Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: RE: Hayes Ultra 144 modem fares poorly in MacUser tests
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 00:56:57 EST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/20.18 - cmhGate UF Gateway, Columbus OH

zeke@fasttech.uucp (Bohdan Tashchuk) writes:

BT> Strangely enough, MacUser forgot to include a "Time Bomb" 
BT> test, and in fact neglected all mention of the dangers of 
BT> TIES

which ranks right up there with the dangers of not believing in Pat
Robertson's Jesus.

--Adam--
 
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From: Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Whose modem is it safe/correct to buy?
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 20:03:29 EST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/20.18 - cmhGate UF Gateway, Columbus OH

bjdunlop@shamash.cdc.com (Bruce Dunlop) writes:

BD> I bought a Forval for $275, and it works great. It doesn't 
BD> have fax yet, but it is upgradeable by making a phone call 
BD> to the factory, as soon as they finish the upgrade. The fax 
BD> upgrade is free, and is supposed to be avail this year.

This sounds interesting.  It's possible to build a modem that's sufficiently
robust to support things like fax, before you actually add the feature?  And
adding the feature is as simple as updating the firmware which is stored on
flash RAM?  And you can build this robust modem to sell for $275?

This is amazing.  Are they building it solid enough to make v.fast a similarly
simple firmware upgrade?  Of course, at $275, it'll be cheap enough just to go
out and buy a v.fast unit when they're available...

--Adam--
 
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Xref: sparky comp.dcom.modems:15002 comp.misc:3965
From: sean@cobra.dra.com
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Credit Card Software Visa Mastercard American Express
Date: 13 Oct 92 07:45:25 CDT
Organization: Data Ressearch Associates, Inc.

In article <1992Oct11.004653.4579@m2xenix.psg.com>, stevenf@m2xenix.psg.com (Steven Frazier) writes:
> I am looking for software that would do the same thing as a credit
> card swipe machine found at most restaurants, department stores etc.

The best starting point is the bank with which you have your merchant
account (that's what you are paying them for).  The problem is there are
several variations of the protocol used by different processors (a processor
is the company that actually processes the transaction).  You have to get
one that works with the processor that your bank uses (more or less, if
you are WalMart, exceptions can be made).  BANKNET (MasterCard), VISANET,
TYMNET, and a half-dozen more each have slightly different message formats
and response codes.  While there are several stand-alone programs for DOS
machines, all the ones I know of for UNIX based machines seem to be part
of an integrated point-of-sale packages and aren't sold seperately. 

Bellcore has supposedly come out with a "new, and improved" protocol called
T3POS, but I haven't had to program that one yet.
-- 
Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
Domain: sean@sdg.dra.com, Voice: (Work) +1 314-432-1100
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: ZOOM V.32 Questions/Problems
From: booth@lub001.lamar.edu (John Booth)
Date: 7 Oct 92 15:17:38 +1700
Organization: Office of Telecommunications
Keywords: AARRGGHH!, V.32, ZOOM

ARRGGHH!

It's probably me, however, I just took this ZOOM V.32 modem right out of the 
box (3rd one) and I set ATS0=2 for Auto-Answer. I then call the modem.
The modem picks up the phone, hangs up the phone, THEN initiates the answer 
tone sequence. (None of which is useful because it has already hung up on 
me!)

There's more -- 

When I am in command mode, the screen on my PC loses characters, usually at 
the beginning of the line, but sometimes at random. I have tried Xon_Xoff,
CTS_RTS, and every other combination of the two I can find. Cannot change 
the symptoms. 

I am real familiar with RS232 and low speed modems, (I thought). I am new to 
the V.32 game and this modem does it all (V.32, V.42, etc. etc.).

What, if anything, am I doing wrong. I cannot get support on the line, I 
faxed a message to them this a.m.. I though maybe someone else could help me 
before I unsheath my sacraficial sword and perform the death ritual.

John
booth@lub001.lamar.edu