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From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: fossil drivers
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 11:06:37 EDT
Organization: Izot's Swamp

jong@wright.seas.ucla.edu (Jong Y. Lee) writes:

> Forgive me if this is FAQ, but could anyone tell me what the fossil driver
> is?

FOSSIL = Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface Layer.

   The FOSSIL was invented primarily as a serial driver when some Fidonet 
software developers tired of the Greenleaf communications library, and to this 
day it bears evidence of that heritage in its interface: it intercepts INT 14H 
(BIOS serial driver) calls.  However, it has grown to provide block I/O, video 
interface, and hooks for more goodies yet to come (a long-rumored extension is 
the message base interface, which will permit one to choose one of several 
message base formats for a BBS *independent* of the BBS software chosen to 
front it!).

> The document of comm. program I got recently recommended using a fossil
> driver for high speed transfer, but I don't know what the heck it is.

   I presume you're talking about Waffle for DOS.  Yes, installing a FOSSIL 
may lead to higher throughput (especially on slow CPUs or under multitasking), 
as FOSSILs provide a highly optimized serial driver.

Geoffrey Welsh, 7 Strath Humber Court, Islington, Ontario, M9A 4C8 Canada
geoff@zswamp.uucp, [xenitec.on.ca|m2xenix.psg.com]!zswamp!geoff (416)258-8467
         Coincidentally, most people who fight for "fairness" would be
         significantly better off under the system they call "fair"...
From: fcb@sun4.lri.fr (Francois Berjon)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Supra New ROM (ordering info)
Date: 6 Oct 92 15:06:04 GMT
Organization: Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique


In article <1992Oct1.084753.10443@fwi.uva.nl>, maarten@fwi.uva.nl
(Maarten Carels) writes:
|> west@ntmtv.UUCP (Andrew West) writes:
|> >From article <BvE6C8.Ir0@gator.rn.com>, by larry@gator.rn.com (Larry
|> Snyder):
|> >> alansar@ccs.northeastern.edu (Mohammad Al-Ansari) writes:
|> >> 
|> >>>        MNP10  -  Dec. 92 
|> >>>        V23  -  Dec. 92
|> >Can anybody clarify what feature these provide?  I *think* MNP10 is
|> >error checking for international and cellular lines, but I've never
|> >heard of V23.
|> V23 is an old CCITT modem standard, used by the variuos european
|> prestel
|> (viditel, whatever) services. 1200 baud in one direction, with 75
|> baud in
|> the other.
|> 


   And V23 is being very heavily used in France, as the modem standard for
the 'minitel' services (something like 3 million minitel terminals are
currently used here for all kinds of services, the most famous of them
being the french phone directory).

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From: alansar@ccs.northeastern.edu (Mohammad Al-Ansari)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Supra New ROM (ordering info)
Date: 29 Sep 92 14:38:31 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. @ NU

In article <blaby.717741060@sfu.ca> blaby@fraser.sfu.ca (John Edward Blaby) writes:
>Hmm..I notice that the latest upgrade still does not include the
>promised mnp10. Has anyone heard anything about the lately?
>
>If I am not mistaken, MNP10 is mentioned on the box the modem came in!
>
>John

The following was captured from the Supra BBS (or from CIS, I can't remember).
It was part of the annoucement of the new ROM's.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

UPCOMING FEATURES AND NEW PRODUCTS:

The following features and new products are being worked on.  We do not 
have any information on upgrade costs, technical information, or product 
cost. As soon as we have the information, we will post it on our BBS.

        Internal version  -  Oct. 92
        PTT certified version  -  Q1. 93
        MNP10  -  Dec. 92 
        V23  -  Dec. 92
        Voice digitization in modem  -  Dec. 92
        Voice software
        DTMF encoding/decoding  -  Dec. 92
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Of course you should factor in the experience we had with them waiting for the
current ROM upgrade (i.e. don't take any of these dates too seriously :).

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From: dclunie@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au (David Clunie)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: Telebit T3000 and Suns
Keywords: T3000, Sun
Date: 30 Sep 92 06:56:15 GMT
Organization: Her Master's Voice
NNTP-Posting-Host: sirius.itd.adelaide.edu.au

>|> > Don't have any problem with dropped characters, get great throughput.  Don't
>|> > settle for 19.2k on the Sparc, 38.4k works great with TB-3000's.
>|> Tried using incoming MNP or V42 compression yet ? Then you'll see a
>|> few dropped characters !
>Key words here are "a few". I get maybe 10 retries per day over
>a 30MB/day news feed (as in packets dropped, resend). Maybe one silo 

There is a huge differenc between using a protocol mediated transfer
via slip/ppp/uucp or whatever and a regular terminal type session on
a dial-in line. Try calling a host with tip, loggin in and then dumping\
 
several screenfuls of text without paging through it ... then you will
see what I mean !

david

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: medin@cod.nosc.mil (Ted Medin)
Subject: Viva 14.4 fax/modem - Opinions please
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 15:38:26 GMT


 Just bought the above modem but the technicians here suggested i take
the modem back since it does a poor job of finding the higher bauds.
Any one got one & how has it been working for you?
Thanks in advance.
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From: amell@nyx.cs.du.edu (Andrew P.Mell)
Subject: Re: Caller ID
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 00:54:50 GMT

In article <1aftk0INNhc@sal-sun25.usc.edu> dliao@sal-sun25.usc.edu (David Liao) writes:
>I have a ZyXEL 1496E with caller ID.  I want to experiment the caller id
>feature.  Unfortunately, the manual doesn't provide any information on it.
>Do I need get caller id service from the telephone company?  or the caller
>id works without the service?  

I believe caller ID is activated with AT#CID=1
(0 for off and 2 for extended info)

I dont know about the services as I'm not in the USA.

A
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: turkstra@smaug.cs.hope.edu (Chris &)
Subject: Re: USR sportster conversion announcement.
Organization: Hope College Dept of CS
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 23:17:47 GMT

From article <OD.6badnetOA92-901-302p0_50a4661c@piraya.bad.se>, by Roger_Nordin@atb.bbs.bad.se (Roger Nordin):
>> hee, hee!  *MODEM TRASHES HARD DRIVE*, pictures at 11.
>> 
>> scare tactics at their best.  Hooray for USR.
> 
> It is actually very possible. Ever heard of the "text-file viruses" on MS-DOS 

 I think you are talking about ANSI bombs.  These are embedded ANSI chars in
files which, on a machine with extended ANSI driver enabled, can put macros
in for your keystrokes. Such a thing coming from a modem would be possible,
but VERY few ANSI drivers allow extended ANSI anyways. All you've got to do
is put a /X on your line in config.sys that loads ANSI.  
It would seem quite hard to program this into a ROM, but I know little about 
that stuff.

> I don't find it very hard to belive, at all. Someone probably thought he was 
> very funny, when he implemented this virus into a hacked ROM. It's the perfect 
> target for a virus; a product that spreads like wildfire. But then, why use a 
> hacked ROM? The original 4.1 ROM works great with just some simple ATGW codes..
  This I don't understand - if someone implemented this "hack" into the ROM, the only way it would work is if you typed the image file. I can't see any way thatthis could work "from" a chip...
	Turkstra@cs.hope.edu
From: pdh@netcom.com (Phil Howard )
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: T3000 ring detection
Date: 7 Oct 92 02:56:39 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

edm@halcyon.com (Ed Morin) writes:

>My wife just went through this at Boeing.  The fix is to change the PBX and
>have it use a "normal" ring or use an "older" generation of Telebit modems
>like a T-2500.  I don't think Telebit has a "fix" for this problem yet...

Sounds like it is just some sort of parameter, like how long of a sustained
voltage means a RING.  If it work right in the T-2500, couldn't they just use
the same think in the T-3000?
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From: serge.cote@synapse.isis.org (Serge Cote)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: USR SPORTSTER 14.4K
Date: 29 Sep 92 08:03:00 GMT
Reply-To: serge.cote@synapse.isis.org (Serge Cote)
Organization: SYNAPSE BBS - GATINEAU, QUEBEC - 819-561-4321

To: charles.berlinguette@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Charles Berlinguette)
From: serge cote@synapse.isis.org
Date: 12 Sep 92 12:06:00 GMT

CB>Is there a truth to the rumour that certain versions of the USRobotics
CB>Sportster 14.4k V32.bis modems are capable of communication with Courier
CB>HST modems, and are also capable of the newer 16.8k baud HST speed?

Is it the truth, but you miss a lot of informations.  First thing, you
absolutely need a Sportster 14,400 modem with a Supervisor Rom Version
4.1  To check this do an ATI7.

If you have it, reset your modems and NVRAM to factory default. (Check
your manual)

After that enter this: ATS11=50V1L3X4&H1&R2&B1E1B0&M4&A3&K3
Press Enter;
After, type this string: ATGW03C6,22GW05CD,2F
Press Enter;
Finally type this string: ATS14=1S24=150S26=1S32=8S34=0&W

All you have to do to transform your Sportster to a 16,8K Dual Standard
is entering the second string again in the INIT STRING of your
communication software.  And if you type ATI4 or ATI5 or ATI6 or ATI7
you will discover a brand new modem....for free.

Serge Cote
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.sun.admin
From: harthc@ntmtv.UUCP (Howard Hart)
Subject: Re: Telebit T3000 and Suns
Keywords: T3000, Sun
Organization: Northern Telecom Inc, Mountain View, CA
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 21:15:28 GMT

In article <1a0a9gINNa5b@huon.itd.adelaide.edu.au>, dclunie@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au (David Clunie) writes:
|> 
|> > Don't have any problem with dropped characters, get great throughput.  Don't
|> > settle for 19.2k on the Sparc, 38.4k works great with TB-3000's.
|> 
|> Tried using incoming MNP or V42 compression yet ? Then you'll see a
|> few dropped characters !
|> 

Key words here are "a few". I get maybe 10 retries per day over
a 30MB/day news feed (as in packets dropped, resend). Maybe one silo 
overflow every few days. As far as I'm concerned, that's perfectly
acceptable if I can double the throughput.

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System Administrator	INTERNET: ntmtv!harthc@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Northern Telecom	PHONE: (415) 940-2680
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From: fnox@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Mark L. Margolis)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: ZyXEL Voice Mail Software
Date: 3 Oct 92 19:40:12 EDT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Cornell University

Does anyone know of oor have any voice mail software for the ZyXEL 1496E
modems. (IBM DOS software or Windows software needed.)

- Mark

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From: bdoherty@pro-magic.oau.org (Benjamin Doherty)
Subject: Re: USR Dual Standard Problem or Not?
Organization: Pro-Magic [A Proline BBS] Orlando, FL
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 92 09:15:30 EDT

jeffp@ka2qhd.de.com (Jeff Pelosi) writes:

>Could someone on the net who has the same modem confirm or deny I have a
>problem.  I noticed immediately after hooking up the modem that when it
>goes off hook I get I high pitch tone (which is audible above the dial
>tone) and its volume is constant independent of the volume control.  If I

I don't have a USR DST, but I kind of have an idea of what you're talking
about.  You might have it too close to something that doesn't have proper
shielding.  (like your monitor or HD)  You could try moving it away from
everything, and see if that fixes it.  This is probably not the correct
answer, but its worth a try, considering whenever I have my walkman on and
I'm next to my monitor, I get a really low drone of a buzz through the
headphones.

Benjamin Doherty@1:363/152| \/\  _O_ |Benjamin.Doherty@f152.n363.z1.fidonet.org
Ask me about TunaNET v3.80| /\/   |< |Starkist - 407-859-9999 - FidoNET/UseNET
From: jrd@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Need to Transmit Break Key! Supra Help Needed!
Date: 27 Sep 92 19:18:05 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <BuzrCp.Fpw@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, berger@atropa (Mike Berger) writes:
> myhre@plains.NoDak.edu (Robert Myhre) writes:
>>  HI all.  I have need of being able to send a break character out the
>>modem into another system.  However, whenever I hit Ctrl-Brk it causes
>>my Supra 14.4k to disconnect.  I thought it might be the software but
>>I have tried four different ones and it still happens.  Can anyone give
>>me some info on how to send this character?  Thanks
> *----
> CTRL-BREAK is often defined as a special key sequence to exit a program.
> I have never seen the combination used in any comm program to send a break
> signal.  Every comm program will handle it differently, so consult the
> documentation for the program you use to find out how to send BREAK.
> In Procomm, the default is alt-b.  With kermit, you can do it
> with CTRL-] followed by b.
> 
> --
> 	Mike Berger
> 	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
> 	AT&TNET     217-244-6067
> 	Internet    berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
-----------
	Also, by default it is tied to key combination ALT-B. Kermit
keyboard verbs \kbreak and \klbread (long BREAK) let you put these
functions on convenient keys to suite local tastes. Surprize #2 is 
\kbreak is also mapped to Control-Break by default, even though, as
noted above, comms BREAK and Bios Control-Break are unrelated.
	Joe D.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: V32bis download speeds
From: lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Laurence Chiu)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 22:38:23 GMT
Organization: GCS Limited, Wellington, New Zealand
Keywords: V32bis ZMODEM

In article <1992Sep30.154514.6013@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> hm002b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (hasit mehta) writes:
>>>
>>>>... Calling a BBS with a USR Dual (14.4 v32bis) the most I can
>>>>get using zmodem and zipped files on a download is about 1480cps. 
>>>>My question is, is this a symptom of not having a 16550A UART? 
>>>
>>>I have a '286 with no-name I/O chips, and have gotten slightly better rates
>>>than that... I have a PPI 14.4, and lock my port at 19.2 on high-speed connx.
>>>Calling a Supra 14.4 I get up to about 1500cps on zipfiles and over 1800 on
>>>"normal" files.  Calling another PPI, I've gotten almost 1650cps on zipfiles.
>>>
>>>I suspect it's probably just that your Boca and their USR aren't the best of
>>>friends.  1480 isn't all that bad, for sending zips.
>>>
>>>-Shag
>>>-- 
>>>
>>>     Freedom belongs to only those without video screens for eyes and mouth.
>>>		- Queensryche
>>
>>Actually I've gotten up to 1700cps sending zips, but only about 1480cps
>>receiving them. That's the puzzle. I've gotten over 2300 on text files
>>though (including V42bis I presume).
>>
>>Laurence Chiu
>
>
>I get Zips in at around 1650-1660 cps on average with Z-modem. I get around
>3400 cps with text files the larger the file the higher the cps rate. 
>Hasit 
>BTW- This is on a macintosh with a ZyXEL U-1496E

I don't think I've ever gotten 3400 with text. Perhaps it is a UART
problem of sorts or the BBS isn't sending fast enough. Don't know.
But then I don't download text that often.

Laurence Chiu
From: claes@sparc2.ikb.uni-essen.de (Heinz-Josef Claes)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: FAX-Software for ZyXEL and AtariST
Keywords: ZyXEL AtariST
Date: 29 Sep 92 09:42:25 GMT
Organization: University of Essen, Germany


Does anybody know of FAX-Software for the combination of ZyXEL and AtariST?

Thanks in advance

Heinz-Josef Claes
University of Essen
Germany

Email: claes@sparc2.ikb.uni-essen.de
From: tnixon@hayes.com
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: 8 bits + parity for V.42 
Date: 29 Sep 92 18:19:40 EDT
Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA

In article <BvAzEJ.8nu@csn.org>, pae@teal.csn.org (Phil Earnhardt)
writes: 

> [Looking for a V.42 modem that can handle eight data bits plus 
> parity]
> My question: is this the case for all V.42 implementations? Does the
> V.42 spec explicitly specify only the modem-modem protocol, or does it
> also explicitly include the DTE-DCE interfaces? Why, in fact, can't
> the parity be generated on the modems on each endpoint? 

V.42 definitely carries only eight data bits end-to-end.  An annex 
specifies how _shorter_ character formats are to be carried (e.g., 
seven data bits plus parity), and says that eight data bits plus 
parity can be handled by independently checking and generating 
parity on each end (as you suggested).  However, supporting 11-bit 
character formats (eight data plus parity) is not common in V.42 
modems; no Hayes modems do, for example, and I don't know of any 
that do.  Hopefully, someone out there will be aware of a modem that 
is capable of generating parity for you.

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: zclc09@npbu018.hou.amoco.com (Campbell, Chuck)
Subject: Digital Pager Protocol
Reply-To: zclc09@npbu018.hou.amoco.com
Organization: Amoco
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 12:22:03 GMT

I remember reading somewhere that there is a protocol that can be used to talk 
with those digital pocket pagers that we are all so fond of.  I've been using a
modem for some time now to allow my computer to dial my pocket pager and leave
encoded messages and the like, but I've always done it by dialing the number,
waiting a few seconds for the connection to complete, and then just banging out the
numbers followed by a #, and hanging up.

Has anyone ever heard of such a pager protocol?  Please reply to me via e-mail.

Thanks in advance for the help..

Regards,  Chuck

Chuck Campbell
Amoco Production Company,  Houston TX.
(713) 556-3186
zclc09@hou.amoco.com

Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: Connect 2 modems directly without going through phone system
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 06:25:38 GMT

rli@cco.caltech.edu (Rongsheng Li) writes:
>I need to make two notebook PC talk to each other but all they got
>are the FAX Modems. They do not have an extra RS232 port to connect
>them directly.  Can I directly connect the two modem without
>going through the phone system ? How can I do not ?

Run the phone cable from the "line" jack of one to the "line" jack of
the other.  Get in terminal mode on both of them.  On one do an "ATO"
then on the other one quickly do an "ATA".  Voila!  On line.

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: gross@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Ben Gross)
Subject: Re: 40% Discount of ZyXELs
Reply-To: b-gross@uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 22:15:15 GMT

I someone could post the file for all of us to read that would be greatly
appreciated.  Assuming the file is to long would someone mail it to me?
Thanks,
Ben

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From: colonius@dino.dinoco.de (Stephan Muhs)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: What speed do the 27C010s need to be for the ZyXEL.
Date: 27 Sep 92 01:19:56 GMT
Organization: Private

In article <19np4gINN1l2@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> mcgowen@cse.ucsc.edu (Richard McGowen) writes:
>
>I am trying to upgrade my U1496-E (It has the proper sockets needed, but not
>the EPROMS.)  I know that I need to get 27C010s rather than the 27512s I have,
>but I forgot what speed they need to be.  Is it 150ns or 120ns?
>

ZyXEL claims that 120 ns are required, but they sometimes put 150 ns eproms
in brand new units and it works just fine. Since the price difference
between 120 ns and 150 ns is just pennies, stick to 120 ns and you are on
the safe side. For the U-1496E+, 100 ns eproms are required, btw.

You may also use 27C1001 eproms, which are identical to 27C010.


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