HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: ptrei@bistromath.mitre.org (Peter Trei)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Some real info on BFJ.
Date: 25 Aug 92 20:29:02 GMT
Organization: The MITRE Corporation


     I just called up the Roswell mall (where BFJ is located), and
spoke to the mall business manager about BFJ.

     To put it briefly, he is as mystified as the rest of us.

     He has not seen Jeff Weiss, the owner, since about the 14th. The
store is shut, with a "Closed for two weeks renovation" sign.
Considerable merchandise is visible through the window. UPS has tried
and failed a number of times to make deliveries. On or about the 14th,
Mr. Weiss told the manager he would try to re-open soon. 

     The manager has tried the number he had for Mr. Weiss's home, but
it is disconnected. He thinks it's possible that the number is simply
out of date (it's quite old). Roswell directory inquiries produces a
"Geoffrey Weiss" in Dunwiddy (sp?) who says he is NOT associated with
BFJ, but is apparently getting a lot of phonecalls on the topic.

     It seems Jeff Weiss took over the business a year or so ago
following his father's death.

     I'll try the mall manager again on Monday, and see if there is
any change.

							Peter Trei
							ptrei@mitre.org
Xref: sparky comp.dcom.modems:12964 comp.sys.mac.hardware:16556
From: afrancke@hmcvax.claremont.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: HUGE WORLDBLAZER problems...
Date: 4 Sep 92 18:51:14 GMT
Organization: Harvey Mudd College

Here's the scoop on a modem problem I've been having ever since I picked it up:

HARDWARE:

Macintosh SE/30, System 7.0.1 (tuned up)
Telebit Worldblazer Modem, ROM 5.01
Generic Mac Modem cable
OR
Hardware Handshaking Mac Cable

AND
Macintosh IIci, System 7.0.1 (tuned up)  <-- same setup as the SE/30 above

SOFTWARE:

Zterm 0.9, Zterm 0.85, Microphone II 3.0, White Knight 11.x

THE PROBLEM:

I have successfully attached a Telebit 2500 modem to the SE/30 before with DTE
speeds up to 19200 using a generic Mac modem cable. No problems using XON/XOFF
flow control.

I have had enormous problems getting my Telebit Worldblazer to work properly
with the SE/30 (which HAS had a serial port loopback check performed
successfully by an authorized Apple dealer recently). Using any DTE speeds, but
especially at 38400 or 57600, the modem behaves erratically, substituting the
letters X,c,and a for almost any input.

(i.e., you type "ATDT 18005551212"
       you see  "Xa~~ 18acccc121XXXX" )

The higher the term speed, the worse it gets. If you type SLOWLY enough at
19200, these errors go away. Don't even think about file transfer, though. With
the hardware handshaking cable (and s58/68 set to 2), the modem's
DTR,RTS,and CTS lights go NUTS, and communication just doesn't happen.

THE KICKER:

This modem/cable/software setup WORKS FINE ON THE ABOVE-MENTIONED IIci. No
problems with DTE speeds at 57,600, either. Since I've previously set the DTE
to 19200 on the T2500, I don't know why the Worldblazer can't take it.

1-800-TELEBIT (tech support) hasn't heard of this problem. I've tried three
different (previously working) generic modem cables and one HWHS cable.

Has anyone any advice to offer me? (No snide remarks about switching to a
different brand, thank you.)


Thanks for reading this far,

Andrew Francke
afrancke@hmcvax.claremont.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: tjb@strangeways.unh.edu (Thomas J. Baker)
Subject: Time Table on Fax ROM's for WorldBlazer
Keywords: Fax, WorldBlazer
Reply-To: tjb@strangeways.unh.edu (Thomas J. Baker)
Organization: Baker Consulting  -  Dover, NH
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 10:46:13 GMT


Does anyone know when Telebit will be releasing the ROM upgrade to the  
WorldBlazer to support Fax?  It was mentioned in the original announcement  
some time ago.

Thanks,

tjb

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From: bourman@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Bob Bourman)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 22:07:38 GMT
Subject: Re: Rockwell and ATT
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems

Just a note to keep in mind:  C^ !


Alot of modem manufacturers are moving away from Rockwell and utilizing the 
AT&T, Motorola, DSP chipsets. Rockwell is cheap, but most manufacturers have
had to write code to work around all the bugs!

Does this give you a clue?


BOBB
From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Caller ID
Date: 28 Aug 92 14:16:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: qiclab.1992Aug28.141616.9591
Reply-To: 70465.203@compuserve.com
Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.

nicos@cs.bu.edu (Nicos Kontopoulos) writes:

>How does caller-ID work?

>My understanding thus far is that when I call someone with caller-ID,
>she/he can recognize my phone number. How is this achieved?

>Isn't there a service provided by the phone company that does the
>same?

Caller-ID *is* "a service provided by the phone company"!!

If your phone switch is capable of supporting Caller-ID, and the
call originated on another Caller-ID capable switch, and the 
trunks between the two exchanges are set up for SS7 signalling
(many are, and it'll be required in a few years) then *If* you
have subscribed to Caller-ID, the phone switch will use Bell 202
modem signals to send the phone number to you between the first
and second rings. 

Bell 202 is an old *half-duplex* 1200 bps modem standard. It is
*not* compatible with the Bell 212A full duplex 1200 bps modem
standard.

-- 
Leonard Erickson		      leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
CIS: [70465,203]			 70465.203@compuserve.com
FIDO:   1:105/51	 Leonard.Erickson@f51.n105.z1.fidonet.org
(The CIS & Fido addresses are preferred)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,biz.comp.telebit
From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: Latency Question
Organization: The Gator Public Access Unix Site - 219-289-3745
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 21:47:06 GMT

dmuntz@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Daniel A Muntz) writes:

>Ping settles to ~200ms (56 data bytes).

Latency and v.32bis throughput hasn't changed here between 5.00 and
5.01 proms either.  In test after test, v.32bis throughput on the
Telebit Worldblazer modems consistantly is 10-15% less than what I
get on the USR Dual Standards with v.32bis

-- 
Larry Snyder                                    internet: larry@gator.rn.com
keeper of the Gator                                  uucp: uunet!gator!larry
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: sfr@wcusv1.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Steven Schaeffer)
Subject: Microcom modems?
Organization: Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 18:45:39 GMT

I just started reading this group about a week ago and I'm surprised that I
haven't seen a single article on Microcom modems. Is it that nobody uses them? Is
it that nobody has any questions about them after reading the manual? Am I the
only one who ever bought one? :-) I have a QX-3296 and I've been quite pleased
with it.

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Government or the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.  The views and
opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the
United States Government or the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory,
and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.
From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: significance of class 2 fax or absence thereof?
Date: 28 Aug 92 18:39:34 GMT
Organization: Netcom
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

berger@atropa (Mike Berger) writes:
: In other words, the only people that suffer from Class I are
: software developers producing FAX software.

Yes, and they suffer from Class 2, too, since there are so many
different Class 2 standards to pick from..

I remember reading that Class 2 fax standards were scheduled to be
voted on this month (August 1992). Is there an approved Class 2
standard now?




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   _________________________________________________________________________
   Wolfgang Henke        wolfgang@henke.sf-bay.org       wolfgang@netcom.com
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: keith@ksmith.uucp (Keith Smith)
Subject: Re: More WB Strangeness
Organization: Keith's Computer, Hope Mills, NC
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 15:50:22 GMT

In article <714098979.25104@hitech.com.au> clyde@hitech.com.au (Clyde Smith-Stubbs) writes:
>Sevo_Stille@f.maus.de (Sevo Stille) writes:
>
>>edm@halcyon.com (Ed Morin) wrote:

[ WB Problems, etc. ]

When I got my first HS modem (A MultiTech) I had similar problems under
SCO to all this crap.  Turned out to be my serial board.  Replaced it
with a different card with 16550 chips and the problems went away.  My
GUESS is perhaps the older chips were not responding properly to a very
fast CD change, but I'm not sure.  Also double check the cables.  I
don't really have these problems with my WB.
-- 
Keith Smith          uunet!ksmith!keith            5719 Archer Rd.
Digital Designs      BBS 1-919-423-4216            Hope Mills, NC 28348-2201
Somewhere in the Styx of North Carolina ...
From: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: RE: HAYES PRESS RELEASE R
Date: 3 Sep 92 21:52:00 GMT
Reply-To: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas)
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591

TO: jimb47@netcom.com (Jim Budler)

 > 1. The Hayes patent should be ruled invalid by a *competent* court
 > since usage on the Internet predated it.

Could you please give me some more details or a reference for this?

Best regards,
John
From: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas) 
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: RE: HAYES PRESS RELEASE R
Date: 26 Aug 92 12:17:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591
Reply-To: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas) 

 > 1. The Hayes patent should be ruled invalid by a *competent* court
 > since usage on the Internet predated it.

Could you please give me some more details or a reference for this?

Thanks and best regards,
John
                                          
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: Question on Hayes ad in Network World magazine
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 17:37:24 GMT

SHUTTERS_WC@TOTO.LAAFB.AF.MIL writes:
>I have some questions regarding an advertisement by Hayes that I recently saw
>on the back of Network World, 17 Aug 92.  If this ad has been discussed before,
>I apologize, but I just began receiving INFO-MODEM.

Yes, we had quite a go-around with this.


>1.  What is the "time bomb" that the ad talks about?

A modem that doesn't use Hayes's patented escape sequence to drop to
command mode, i.e. <pause>+++<pause>. It's the pauses that are
important.  If you have a modem that just uses the +++ because they
don't want to pay Hayes a lot of money, and you don't disable the +++
sequence and use an out-of-band sequence, you could be kicked into
command mode by something like this paragraph.  It's a case of RTFM.
It's a legitimate concern, but is completely preventable, and is
expressed here with great mastery of FUD.  The time bomb also exists
in Hayes modems (I've hit it before, before I disabled the escape
sequence completely), it's just less probable.


>2.  Is it a "fatally flawed" chip that will actually fail, or is it just a chip
>that isn't licensed by Hayes?

Bingo (the latter). 


>3.  What does the Hayes Patent 4,549,302 cover?

The pause is the critical part.


>4.  Is this ad actually an intimation that Hayes intends to initiate legal
>action against other modem manufacturers who don't or haven't licensed Hayes
>technology?

No, no, they've been suing people for a long, long time.  Managers,
lawyers, and engineers, the three branches of a large tech
corporation.  This is a reaction to those companies which have dared
not use the Hayes sequence and pay Hayes for it.

-- 
The two kinds of egotists:  Those who admit it, and the rest of us.
From: krc@ecl.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Supra Modems.
Date: 29 Aug 92 14:34:19 EDT
Organization: Engineering Computer Lab, Pennsylvania State University

I apologize if this have been asked before (or if it is in a FAQ),  could
someone give me more information on the Supra SysOp Deal via E-Mail (the
school is taking down workstations and has limited disk space), thanks!

Keith Connors 
-krc@eclx.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: haseka@aix.rpi.edu (Atilla A Hasekioglu)
Subject: multimedia software
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:17:27 GMT

I am looking for a multimedia software that compresses images and has mailing options. This should be in Xwindows. I have images in many formats.
I would like to be able to change their formats and have printouts. I also
would like to be able to view them. The software I am looking for should
have all th
have all these options. I also would like to have the option to decompress and
view the image from where it is sent by mail, so this will be a two sided
software that can be used both by the sender and receiver  side.
  If anybody can help me I will very much appreciate it.
Xref: sparky comp.dcom.modems:12533 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:22656
From: rlm@mcgort.COM (Robert McMillin)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: V.42bis - on 2400 baud
Date: 25 Aug 92 23:40:21 GMT
Organization: PBSR (Private Beta Site Research - Certified NetWare Engineer)

amigo@milton.u.washington.edu (The Friend) writes:

> 
> 	Few questions about V.42bis 2400 baud modems... firstoff, whats
> the typical CPS rate on them with zip & gif files? I figure maybe 50%
> improvement, but its rough-guessing, you only get true 9600 baud output if
> its straight text files. 

I would recommend the Zoom, believe it or not.  It's proven quite reliable,
with the only trouble being connects to Telebit modems (which I have been
able to work around with scripts).

> 	Second question, whats a good V.42bis modem to get brand-wise? 
> 	
> 	I note that BOCA Research has a 2400 baud modem internal for
> around $90, there's the Zoom external for $125. Supra's probably run somewher
> in that range as well. Which of these brands is highly recommended?
> 
> 
> 	I'm not leaning towards a Zoom modem because recently I got
> suckered on their V.42bis packaged modem that really is "supported by
> software" V.42bis.. in other words you have to use the term program included
> to use the modem at V.42bis. This should be illegal - its not really
> V.42bis, rather a subset/emulation of it - the packaged on the outside
> didn't say anything about "supported by software". The model is the AMC2400,
> which (now after the fact) is the bottom-end modem, and really a 2400 only.

Really!  Does your Zoom say v.42bis on the outside?  If not, then you did
get ripped off.  Otherwise, though, the modem should do what it says, and
perhaps I can help you with some register settings.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: jfw@technix.mn.org (Jerry Wallace)
Subject: Re: 14.4k modem
Organization: Private System - Saint Paul, MN
Distribution: comp
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 19:57:03 GMT

Larry Snyder writes:

>Also, the latency of the USR is *excellent* -- one of the best available
>in the industry making it an ideal modem for real time operation like
>PPP and SLIP.

See my questions on Telebit latency in another thread in this group.
-- 
Jerry Wallace                    TechNIX, Inc.
Electronic: jfw@technix.mn.org   103 Healy Building
  Acoustic: Installing           2301 Como Avenue
 Ballistic: Hah!                 Saint Paul, MN  55108
From: oistony@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Anthony M. Petro)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: significance of class 2 fax or absence thereof?
Date: 28 Aug 92 14:48:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

some posts here have spoken of class 2 fax as if it embodied "true" 
fax capability, implying that class 1 is in some way insufficient.

can someone shed some light on what i forfeit if i buy a non-class-2 
faxmodem (like the scout+ which is class 1 only vs the supra)?

anthony m. petro   "beethoven"    i can say what i want; i'm just an undergrad
oistony@UBVMSD.BITNET             "frame by frame,
oistony@mednet.bitnet              death by drowning,
petro@sun.acsu.buffalo.edu         in your own
                                   in your own...
                                   analysis..."
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: tmiller@debug.cuc.ab.ca (Trever Miller)
Subject: Address for "Lightspeed Technology Inc." ???
Organization: Debug Computer Services
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 03:04:44 GMT


>Return-Path: <wooga.cuc.ab.ca!Martin>
>From: Martin@wooga.cuc.ab.ca (Martin Zimmerman)
>To: tmiller@debug (amby)
>
>My software will not post to a newsgroup yet, but someone jusrt 
>asked me a question that the net would be able to help on.
> 
>Could you post a message in comp.dcom.modems asking if someone knows of an 
>address (preferably electronic) for Lightspeed Technology, Inc.  The last 
>info we have is: TELEX:14217  FAX:(02)716-1024 TEL:(02)-713-4586.
> 
>TIA,
>Camz.
>
>--- Qtach2 v1.12beta
>
>
> Internet: camz@wooga.cuc.ab.ca  |  Jolt Cola Addition Society
>           camz@wooga.qnxnet.org |  "All the Sugar and Twice the Caffeine!"
>    Modem: +1 (403) 281-1620     |
>    Voice: +1 (403) 281-1574     |  QNX Communications and Technobable
>      Fax: +1 (403) 279-5320     |
>
-- 
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           ambush.bug@debug.cuc.ab              (403)569-2882 thru 2886
           trever%pixel@cpsc.ucalgary.ca
From: gbcacm@ccs.northeastern.edu (grater boston chapter of the acm)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Using modems on leased lines
Summary: Want info on how to do it
Date: 31 Aug 92 00:02:23 GMT
Followup-To: gbcacm@ccs.northeastern.edu
Organization: Comp. Sci. @ NU

Anyone know how to use 14.4K modems on 4-wire voice-grade leased lines?
We have Zoom v.32bis; Zoom tech support says it can't be done because the
modems "aren't designed for leased lines". I can't understand why a modem
that works on a 2-wire voice-grade line on the switched network (dialup)
shouldn't be usable on 2 2-wire dedicated voice-grade lines (i e, a 4-wire
leased line).

Peter Sherwood
(617) 332-8880
gbcacm@ccs.northeastern.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: maarten@fwi.uva.nl (Maarten Carels)
Subject: Re: Supra FAX bug! (?)
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 07:37:15 GMT

lofaso@tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Bernie Lofaso) writes:
>s37756d@puukko.hut.fi (Casper Gripenberg) writes:
>>Also +++ at\o only works for v42bis connections, if I try it on a
>>MNP4 connection I get TE and the modem just hangs..What is the
>>proper way to get back on-line after +++ ???

>I've haven't been able to ato (or at\o) to get back online after a +++
>escape. I don't know why. If I drop DTR by exiting the telecom program, then
>restart it. I can ato to resume. My connections are 14.4K, LAPM, v.42bis.
>Anyone have ideas why this might be occurring? A bug?

Possibly this is a problem of the 'other' modem.
Scenario:
Both modems have the escape enabled, and equal to '+++', which is default.
The 'other' modem is connected to a unix box, or something else that echoes
characters you type to it.
Now, you wait the guard time, type '+++' and wait the guard time again. The
escape puts your modem in command mode. But:
The escape chars have also been transmitted to the unix box, which has echoed
them to it's modem. Which also goes into command mode.
Your 'ato' gets your modem back online, but how about the other one?

You can test this by setting a register (S2?) to something else (45 for example
which is '-'), and escaping with '---'.

(In case someone wonders how I came to this scenario, you don't know our
university computing center. They had escape enabled and equal to +++ on
their dialin modems. Exactly the scenario above appeared)

--maarten
-- 
In real life:	Maarten Carels
		Computer Science Department
		University of Amsterdam
email:		maarten@fwi.uva.nl
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: pdavis@itx.isc.com (Phil Davis)
Subject: Questions about TheComplete PC Modem
Keywords: modem
Organization: Interactive Systems Corporation, Boulder, CO
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 20:52:33 GMT

Hello Again,

I finally got the modem to talk with other modems, but as I have been
trying to figure out all the settings I noticed a few Items that are not
explained ANYWHERE in the manual.

The first case are items reported by the &V command:

    %D, %L, and &O.

The second case are the bit-mapped S registers.  The doc states that they
are bit mapped registers, but never tells what the values are:

    S14, S21, S22, S23, S27, S28.

I have checked the documentation for other modems, but I have found that
the settings are different between different modems.  Therefore this
question is directed to those that have used/owned TheComplete PC Modem
14400/V32, V32bis, V42, V42bis, MNP, FAX Modems.

Also, are there any undocumented features that can be accessed by other
commands?

					Thanks in advance,
					Phil Davis
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,biz.comp.hardware,biz.comp.telebit,comp.unix.bsd
From: eastick@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Doug Eastick)
Subject: Binary Sychronous Communication (2780)
Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 16:51:09 GMT


We are in the position of having to dial-up an IBM mainframe to pick up
some EDI documents.  We'd like to use an intel x86 box.  I know of a board
from Cleo Communications which will give us bisync and will work with
various DOS software communication packages.

My question is this:  does anyone know of any 386, UNIX-based or UNIX-like
OS's which support bisync communication?  Specifically maybe BSD/386 from
BSD Inc.

Also, how does Telebit's T2500 do SNA and bisync when there is only an
RS232 port?  Hmm?

All info appreciated.  Thanks
-- 
Doug Eastick -- Sudbury, Ontario
From: work@tasha.guug.de (Felix Blank)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
Subject: Re: Needed: Fax2gif
Keywords: fax2gif,gif
Date: 29 Aug 92 15:06:59 GMT

cmbecker@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Canton Becker) writes:

>	I'm having a terrible time trying to get received faxes from the
>Trufax package to print or display...  Does anyone know how I can convert raw
>fax files to gif format?  (I need to look at these on a Sun, if there are any
>other ideas.)

Take a look at the pbmplus. It is a package of grafic format conversion
routines, which converts (nearly) from everything to everything. The
conversion G3 to gif is possible also.
It should be available in every good pd archive.

Felix
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Fax: +49-89-8206074