HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: dave@imax.imax.com (Dave Martindale)
Subject: GVC 9600 / T2500 / MNP problem fixed (sort of)
Organization: Imax Corporation, Mississauga Canada
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 23:48:57 GMT

About a week ago, I reported a problem with using MNP between a GVC 9600
and a T2500.  Telebit agreed there was a MNP problem and sent new ROMs.

Today, the T2500 got upgraded to GE7.03 ROMs.  MNP appears to work now,
and the modems will also establish a V.42/V.42bis connection.  (The T2500
did not support V.42 before the ROM upgrade).

However, a new problem reared its head.  The old T2500, when S92=0,
answers an incoming call with PEP tones, then V.25 answer tone,
then V.32 carrier, and then slower speeds.  The GVC was happy with this,
and connected in V.32 mode.  The new T2500 always answers with a burst
of V.25 answer tone *first*, before the PEP tones.  (This is probably
to help it deal with echo suppressors on some phone lines).  In effect,
S92=0 now produces exactly the same result as S92=2 always did.

The GVC, it seems, is just not willing to recognize V.25, PEP tones,
a bit more V.25, and then V.32 carrier as a valid V.32 answer sequence,
and ends up connecting in V.22bis (2400 bps) mode instead.

I can get around this by setting S92=1, putting the PEP tones last,
but this may mean that some of our uucp neighbours end up with either
V.32 or V.22bis connections instead of PEP - not good for news throughput.

Does anyone know how to turn off the initial burst of V.25?
Also, what are the new undocumented S157 and S158 registers?

	Dave Martindale
From: alain@elevia.uniforum.qc.ca (W.A.Simon)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: WeeBeeGone
Date: 30 Jul 92 03:23:52 GMT

It would not answer the phone I said...

I changed my DTE interface speed from 38400 to 19200
and what do you know... it answers the phone!

Definitely a problem with the serial card (I do have a 16550 though).



--
 The Vacuum Cleaner Man (reality sucks)
 God made me a chauvinist, my woman made me clean the house
From: bert.tyler@satalink.com (Bert Tyler) 
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Transfer rate of Kermit
Date: 24 Jul 92 20:12:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: SataLink Info Systems - Huntingdon Valley, PA - 215-364-3324
Reply-To: bert.tyler@satalink.com (Bert Tyler) 

JK> Although my modem supports V.32bis and V.42bis,
JK>the highest transfer rate I can get with kermit is just
JK>260 cps. Did I make something wrong? Or it's the best
JK>of Kermit?

I've gotten a *lot* better than that using long packets and 
multiple windows.   Pretty much full speed ahead when both are
activated.

                   Bert Tyler   (bert.tyler@satalink.com)
---
 . DeLuxe./386 1.25 #343sa . Did you expect mere proof to sway my opinion?
                                                        
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: kbass@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Ken Bass)
Subject: Re: ZyXEL Caller ID?
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 20:28:38 GMT

In article <1992Jul30.081034.8357@tssnext.rmNUG.ORG> <bruce@TotSysSoft.com> (Bruce Gingery) writes:
>kauppila@sunburn.ec.usf.edu. (Jim Kauppila (IE)) writes:
>: Has anyone had any success in getting the ZyXEL Caller ID working?
>: 
>: I have had no success at all getting it working here in Florida with
>: GTE phone service.  I do have a caller ID box sitting next to the modem
>: that picks up and identifies every incoming call so far.
>
>Out of curiosity, is it possible that the CID box is trapping the CID
>signal and not passing it through to the modem?
>
>Bruce
>-- 
>Bruce Gingery          bruce@TotSysSoft.com        (Total System Software)
>InterNet:  Bruce.Gingery@p1.f5.n310.z1.fidonet.org (  Cheyenne, Wyoming )
>       or  bruce@brucext.TotSysSoft.com
>NeXT-Mail: bruce@tssnext.rmNUG.org  < -or- > bruce@TotSysSoft.com

How could that happen? All devices can "listen". Also, CID does not
require any particular device to go off-hook.

   ---Ken

Also, I toyed with my own CID circuits and my commercial device was not
affecting it.

-- 
Ken Bass (kbass@gmuvax2.gmu.edu)              |   Telecommunications  
George Mason University                       |   Techniques Corp, 
Student, Department of Electrical Engineering |   Software Engineer
From: S_ZIEGLER@iravcl.ira.uka.de (|S| Juergen Ziegler)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: YORIKO V32.bi - request for information
Date: 22 Jul 92 11:12:37 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Karlsruhe (FRG) - Informatik Rechnerabt.
NNTP-Posting-Host: irav1.ira.uka.de
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.23

Hi

Iwant to buy a new modem, so I found an advertisement of the YORIKO 14.4
modem in a German computer magazine at a great price. The modem features
v32.bis standards plus 14400 baud fax transmission. No bad for me. They
also mentioned that the modem is "Made in the USA".


Are the any comments, recommendations about this modem ?

Does it compare to the ZYXEL, or is ZYXEL way better than this ?

What is the retail price of the YORIKO, ZYXEL modem in the USA ?

What are major vendors of these two modems (Address, Fax numberss) ?



ATTENTION: Please send your mails to:

  uk84@ibm3090.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de



Thanks a lot 


Juergen Ziegler  
University of Karlrsruhe, Germany

FAX +49-7841-9271
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: dbailey@cix.compulink.co.uk (Diane Bailey)
Subject: Everfax modem - with a Mac
Reply-To: dbailey@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 03:44:30 +0000


I have an Interfax 12/48 modem for my Mac.  Everex in Fremont
have just shipped me (for $77) what was supposed to be an upgrade
(ie a complete new interior) up to the latest 24/96, only what
has arrived here in London is an Everfax Upgrade pack, which is
obviously an MS-DOS product.

The board is longer than my case but the external connections are
the same.  The board additionally has a mic attached and a slide
switch on the side. Can anyone tell me whether, assuming I can
get them to supply the proper case, the Everfax would work with
Mac Interfax software, and whether it has features superior to the
Interfax 24/96. What, for example is the mic for, and does it have
MNP-5?

Direct mail would be appreciated as I have to make a rapid
decision on whether to ship it back.

Salut!

Diane
dbailey@cix.compulink.co.uk
From: bourman@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Bob Bourman)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 21:01:30 GMT
Subject: Re: MultiTech Setup Help!!!
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems

/ hpcc01:comp.dcom.modems / daadam01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu /  7:17 pm  Jul 16, 1992 /
>I'd like some help setting up two MultiTech modems.... 

>The first is an internal 224EC, the second is the 96v32 (external).

>I'd like to set both of these up for max throughput (MNP, etc) and am
>having little or no luck... any takers? 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
David A. Adams                           //               DAADAM01@ULKYVX.BITNET
Technical Consultant, Campus Computing  //     ...PSUVAX1!ULKYVX.BITNET!DAADAM01
University Of Louisville               // DAADAM01%ULKYVX.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
---------------------------------- \\ // ---------------------------------------
------------------------ONLY AMIGA! \X/  ONLY AMIGA!----------------------------
----------


	For the 224EC try the following:
	ATx4 extended result codes
	AT$BA0 baud adj off speed conversion on (must use &e11)
	AT&e1 Auto reliable mode
	AT&e4 if you can use cts flow ctrl or AT&e5 for X on/off
	AT&e7 X on/off passed through
	AT&e8 enq/ack off
	AT&e11 for X on/off or AT&e10 for off
	AT&e12 pacing off or AT&e13 for pacing on (see settings e4 & e5)
	AT&e15 if you have a newer model for compression on
	AT&w
	ATL5 6 7
	Set terminal speed at 19.2kbps or higher.

	The 9600 (1432EAB) is the same...

	Good Luck

	BOBB
From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Date: 18 Jul 92 18:23 MDT
Subject: Re: Boom! You're Dead.
Nf-ID: #R:tymix.tymnet.com:2043:1992Jul18.142320.4269@qiclab.scn:2108883773:001:2407
Nf-From: qiclab.scn.rain.com!leonard    Jul 18 18:23:00 1992


tnixon@hayes.com writes:

>In article <2043@tymix.Tymnet.COM>, drawson@sagehen.Tymnet.COM (Dick
>Rawson) writes: 

>> Say Toby, can you explain the full-age ad in Network World picturing a
>> time bomb and the caption, 
>> 
>>   "Tick, Tick, Tick.  Boom!  You're Dead."

>Sure.  It is referring to some of the modems currently on the market 
>that use what is call "TIES", a "time independent escape sequence".  
>Such modems will escape from online state to command state whenever 
>you send a certain fixed pattern of characters, regardless of 
>whether or not there is a "guard time" (no characters transmitted) 
>before and after the sequence.  Of course, this means that there is 
>a fixed probability that your modem will inadvertently escape when
>you're transmitting random data (such as a compressed file) or any
>file that happens to mention the given character sequence (amazingly
>enough, modems that implement TIES most likely can't even transmit
>the file containing their own modem manual, since it has the
>sequence in it!)  Retransmitting the file will not fix the problem,
>because it will escape every time, and no existing comm software is
>smart enough to recover from this problem.  Anyway, by not having
>the guard time, the modem will inadvertently and unexpectedly
>escape, "blowing up" file transfers, and most users will have a very
>hard time figuring out what happened. 

>All of these problems can be avoided by using modems that 
>incorporate the Hayes Improved Escape Sequence with Guard Time, 
>which most modems do.  The ads are an educational campaign to let
>people know about this situation, and to introduce the "icon" (which
>you see in the ad) which will be appearing on the packaging of
>modems that implement the standard technique.

Well, aside from the bit about "Hayes Improved Escape Sequence" with 
"Guard Time" as a description for a feature that is over a decade old,
it *does* sound like somebody was asleep at the switch.

They actually *don't check* for anything but the tripled character?
*Unbelievable*! 

BTW, you seem to imply that the makers of these brain-dead modems are
actually pushing this bug as a *feature*? Is that true?

-- 
Leonard Erickson		      leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
CIS: [70465,203]			 70465.203@compuserve.com
FIDO:   1:105/56	 Leonard.Erickson@f56.n105.z1.fidonet.org
(The CIS address is checked daily. The others infrequently)
From: jgro@netcom.com (Jeremy G)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Supra problems & their BBS
Date: 30 Jul 92 08:30:09 GMT
Organization: Not that I'm aware of :-)

In article <1992Jul25.131356@aminet.uucp> barrett%aminet@nuconvex.com writes:
>
>I have NEVER been able to connect to the Supra BBS, and I was
>hoping to get answers to the following questions (perhaps someone
>can post the answers for us here?):
>
>1) Why can't people connect to the Supra BBS? What settings would give
>you the best chance of connecting?

 Supra's phone lines are lousy, so most people have trouble connecting
to their BBS.  Good settings to try: AT\ns37=9&q9  or AT%c\ns37=9&q5

-- 
Jeremy G                    Commited to developing user-friendly products,
jgro@netcom.com             Because technology is supposed to make life easier
From: jim.lisson@uttsbbs.uucp (Jim Lisson) 
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: MAILER
Date: 25 Jul 92 07:18:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591
Reply-To: jim.lisson@uttsbbs.uucp (Jim Lisson) 

I see a great improvement Kevin in the mailer but it still wants to send
me massages from conferences that I have not selected.  Just like a
young child, some days they just will not behave.  Keep up the good
work.
  -Jim
From: phr@soda.berkeley.edu (Paul Rubin)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Boom! You're Dead.
Date: 22 Jul 92 00:35:47
Organization: CSUA/UCB
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu
In-reply-to: Alan.Gilbertson@f230.n3603.z1.FIDONET.ORG's message of Mon, 20 Jul 92 03:54:44 EDT

I haven't seen anyone mention it in this thread yet so I thought I
would recommend the position paper "Against Software Patents" by the
League for Programming Freedom (available by e-mail on request from
league@prep.ai.mit.edu) to people interested in the effects on this
and similar patents on programmers.  There are a lot of misconceptions
out there and this paper should help clear some of them up.  We now
return you to your regularly scheduled flame war.

--Paul Rubin (LPF member)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.linux
From: hlu@phys1.physics.wsu.edu (Hongjiu Lu)
Subject: Help: need advice on modems.
Organization: Washington State University
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 21:15:15 GMT

Hi,

My old modem for my PC finally went dead. I am thinking to replace it with a
better one. I am considering an inexpensive (abound $200), fast (> 9600bps)
internal modem. I found out the following stuffs:

1. Boca Research 14.4kbps/internal ($219 from Future Source)
2. PC Logic V32/Internal ($219.95 from Lyco)
3. ZOOM V32 with V42bis and MNP 5 ($219 from Microcomputer Concepts)
4. Infotel (from Midwest Micro)
5. Speedmodem (from Compucon)

I have no idea about the products and those vendors. Could somebody who
has experiences with them please give me some advice?

Thanks a lot. Please email me. I will summarize on the net if I get enough
responses.

H.J.
From: gustilo@pop-server.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Optimal setting for Supra v.32bis S82 register
Date: 28 Jul 92 02:44:45 GMT
Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

greetings,

subject line says it all.

How can you tweak this register for faster turn around?

S82=LAPM Break Handling Options.

options are: 1) expedited with data integrity; 2) expedited without data
integrity; 3) in sequence with data integrity.


Standard Disclaimer:
  I am not responsible for comments that I make after 3:00 AM or after five
cups of coffee, whichever comes first.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ecetron@NCoast.ORG (Ed Cetron)
Subject: Re: Gateway Telepaths shipping (long)
Organization: North Coast Public Access *NIX, Cleveland, OH
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 02:04:44 GMT



I have three new ones.  As a data modem they work incredibly.  The noise 
problems ARE gone.  I will replace my PPI shortly with one.  

The only remaining gotcha's are as follows:

The telepath has a hard time with old AT&T modems, only the Hayes and PPI's
can connect to a particular BBS around here... This is a minor annoyance but is
not Telepath specific.

The manuals and installation guides are not as thorough as they could be.


Given that these problems are NOT Telepath problems, I will likely order 3 
more of them.  I'd rather have Hayes, I just can't afford them.......

The good news is that the replacements come in a fed ex mailer box, complete
with prepaid address labels.

-ed
ecetron@ncoast.org
(216) 486-5700






Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: richard j. gaylord <gaylord@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: Why is Zoom (phone numbers)
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Organization: university of illinois
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:25:13 GMT

dmiller@im.lcs.mit.edu (Dick and Jill Miller)

the ZOOM 800 number is:

800-631-3116
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: ignasiak@convex.cl.msu.edu (Todd J. Ignasiak)
Subject: Supra V.32bis -> Generic 2400 connection?
Organization: Michigan State University, East Lansing
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 16:17:52 GMT

A friend of mine just got a Supra V.32bis and he is having trouble 
connecting to 2400 baud modems in the area.  I remember seeing a lot of
talk about this earlier.  Was there a fix for this?  was it
a different init string?   Or is this problem fixed in the ROM upgrade?

any help is appreciated ( I'm getting one too )

Todd Ignasiak

btw - is there a Supra faq list??

--
----------------------------------------------------------------
*  Todd Ignasiak                   Michigan State University   *
*  ignasiak@convex.cl.msu.edu      East Lansing, MI            *
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: What to set COMM speed for V32bis Modems 
From: lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Laurence Chiu)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 23:00:39 GMT
Organization: GCS Limited, Wellington, New Zealand

This is probably a simple question but here goes... If you have a v32bis
modem and you wish to dial another one, what do you set your comms speed to?
Using Procomm+ I could not find a setting for 14.4 but 9600 19.2. In fact
the modem responded to AT command at 19.2 even though I have never been able
to connect at any speed yet.

thanks

Laurence Chiu

Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: sabrom@cs.wm.edu (Seth A. Bromberger)
Subject: Pract Periph 14400FXSA
Organization: The College of William and Mary
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 15:23:36 GMT


Just got off the phone w/ tech support regarding the RTS/CTS test
and the new EPROM (beta).  The beta release is 1.14g, but Eugene
(the guy I talked to) told me that PPI would have a new, OFFICIAL
release in 2-3 weeks that would fix the AT&T19 bug and the loss of
V.42(bis?) / MNP.  He also hinted that 1.14g had some other problems,
and that it would be best for anyone wanting an upgrade to wait 
for the official release of the new EPROMS if the idea of being
a beta tester was unappealing to them.  

Again, PPI is now aware of the RTS/CTS test bug; Eugene duplicated it
on his machine.

Seth Bromberger
sabrom@cs.wm.edu
From: Richard_Parson@mindlink.bc.ca (Richard Parson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Supra V.32bis/Maximus
Date: 31 Jul 92 05:20:18 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada

> Michael J. Farquharson writes:
> 
> Msg-ID: <1992Jul26.23551, 26 Jul 1992 23:55:1
> 
>         Well, I got my new modem... it's a SupraFaxModem... it arrived in
> less than 2 weeks (and I'm in Canada) straight from Supra... not bad.
> 
>         However, I've got a few problems with it... I run a BBS under
> Maximus 2.01 and things are not working 100%.  It started out so that no
> one could even connect to the thing unless they had another 'faster than
> 2400 baud' modem, which amounts to about 1 person here on P.E.I., but I
> fixed that.  Now, the major problem I have is this... when users call up
> my board... they are losing some of the characters... namely the ones at
> the beginning of the transmission...  Like they lose the top two lines of
> a Menu but pick up half way through....  I guess anything that starts at
> the top of a screen just doesn't all come through.
> 
>         Now, I know that I'm connected at 2400 with them, I know that from
> the cute little display that flashes '24' at me.  So.... what am I doing
> wrong.  Here's my Init String, I made it up generally by myself with some
> assistance from the very adequate manuals that accompanied the modem:
> 
>         AT&F2&Y0E0M0V1S0=0 (Right?  Wrong?  I'm no expert, but it answers!)
> 
>         Also, I have my Baud Maximum set to 19200baud.... but the modem will
> actually only do 14.4k with max throughput of 57.6k... should I set it to
> one of these instead?  Oh yeah, I have CTS/DSR enabled, I don't REALLY know
> what those are either... but Maximus suggests that for faster than 9600 you
> really should enable them.
> 
>         Finally, when a call comes in, Maximus says that it's connected at
> 19200.... even though it's only at 2400?  Any idea why?  Any help would be
> greatly appreciated.  The sooner the better as I'd like to get this puppy
> working ASAP.  Thanks a lot
> 
> 
> ===============================================================================
> stmfarqu@upei.ca         |  Sysop:  Starbase 1 BBS, Sherwood, P.E.I., Canada
> Michael Farquharson      |  Phone:  (902)-628-1230
> UPEI Engineering         |  Running Maximus with Supra V.32bis modem!!!
> 
> ===============================================================================
From: jko@phoenix.oulu.fi (Jaakko Kokko)
Subject: USR Sportster v.32bis -> Where to buy one?
Organization: University of Oulu, Finland
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 12:55:39 GMT

Mostly based on the threads in this newsgroup, I've decided to get
myself a US Robotics V.32bis Sportster fax/modem - it's reliable and
has the right price tag.  Now the only problem is that I can't find
any company in the US that will sell one to me!

So far the only company I know of, that for sure has them in stock is 
CDW, or Computer Discount Warehouse, but a quick phone call to them,
and I got the usual answer; they only ship in the continental US !

I know I'm not looking in the right place, but that doesn't help much.
So, getting to the point, could anybody out there give me a name and
a fax/phone number (non 1-800...) for a reliable company in the States
that also sells overseas.  I would REALLY appreciate this.

Post here or EMail me - whichever way is fine for me.

   


Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,can.uucp
From: dplatt@ntg.com (Dave Platt)
Subject: Re: UUCP 'g' vs. MNP & V.42
Organization: New Technologies Group, Inc.  Palo Alto CA
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:21:37 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.052107.1990@zooid.guild.org> ross@zooid.guild.org (Ross Ridge) writes:

>I've seen no benefit from using either v.42 or v.42bis with UUCP.

My experiments over the last year lead me to the following conclusion:

[1] If your uucp 'g' implementation runs with the default window size
    (three 64-byte packets), both MNP and V.42 error control hurt
    throughput quite a bit and should not be used.  The error-control
    latency leads to protocol stalling.

[2] If your 'g' implementation runs with a larger window size (e.g. seven
    packets) or supports larger packets, V.42 can often lead to some
    modest performance improvement (5-10%).

[3] If [2] is true, and if you're sending mostly email messages, then
    using V.42bis compression on top of V.42 error control can lead to
    even more performance improvement (20%-40%).  If you're sending
    compressed newsbatches, V.42bis doesn't buy you anything.
-- 
Dave Platt                                                VOICE: (415) 813-8917
              Domain: dplatt@ntg.com      UUCP: ...netcomsv!ntg!dplatt
 USNAIL: New Technologies Group Inc. 2468 Embarcardero Way, Palo Alto CA 94303
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: Zacharias J. Beckman <zac@dolphin.com>
Subject: Two modems, one line, smart switching?
Reply-To: zac@dolphin.com
Organization: Dolphin Software
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:03:23 GMT

Hello,

Since my apartment cannot have any additional lines brought into it, I need to  
put a modem and a fax on the same line.  I've heard of devices that will answer  
the phone, listen to the carrier to decide whether it's meant for a fax or a  
modem, and shunt the call in the right direction.  Can anyone tell me where I  
might find such critters, what they cost, how reliable they are... etc.?   
Thanks in advance.  Please reply via email and I'll summarize.
-- 
 Zacharias J. Beckman - Dolphin Software - zac@dolphin.com (NeXTMail welcome!)
         900 High School Way - Suite 2106 - Mountain View - CA - 94041
 To be "matter of fact" about the world is to blunder into fantasy... and dull
 fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful. -- R. A. Heinlen
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems