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From: koljawk@zerebrm.isnet.sub.org (Kolja Waschk)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: ZyXEL as answering machine ? (PC-Software)
Date: 30 Dec 92 01:29:00 GMT

Hello Jeroen,

 > So, am i right that I conclude that I can buy a ZyXEL as a sort
 > of modem/FAX/answering machine combination?
Yes, theoretically.

 > If so, what are the experiences from other people
 > using it in this combination?
I have a ZyXEL E+ with 5.04RP ROMs here working more or less as a
combined voice/data/fax answering machine.
Voice and Fax works fine, but the way I tried to adapt the
recognition of a calling modem (->mailbox) doesn't work as I want
it to... (Mailbox/Fax also works fine, it's just the Voice/Mailbox
combination that makes me *#!@)
The great problem is, that the ZyXELs aren't able to detect DTMF-Codes
correctly all the time; and this is necessary to make all three
services available on one telco line.
( Calling modems may not be detected without sending some DTMF-Codes,
  because usually a calling modem stays quiet until the remote
  carrier is heard, as a voice caller does )
I wait for new ROM releases which may correct this problem.
The software I use is something self-written, called ZUTIL. It's
available in some german FidoNet mailboxes (2:241/2107 ECOMM II,
2:240/140 COMTEC BBS, filename ZUTIL.ARJ, about 20k) and lets you
record/play voice from the DOS command line/from batch files
and does other things (DTMF detection as good as your modem does...).
I'll put this on some anon ftp server when it's ready to be used by
everyone. (maybe spring '93...) It's freeware :)

Maybe I will also finish a Linux and/or SCO version of this software.

cu,
Kolja
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: tad@ssc.com (Tad Cook)
Subject: Re: Could somebody tell me the quality of Zoom Modems?
Organization: very little
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 22:14:11 GMT

In article <Dec.27.16.34.55.1992.27744@pilot.njin.net> birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag) writes:
>matttrem@willard.UUCP (Matthew Trembley) writes:
>
>>I'm thinking of upgrading to a 14.4 Zoom modem with all the kinds of 
>>compression and correction(internal).  It also faxes.  It says that it
>>has 16550 UART and speeds up to 57,600 bps.
>
>Only one of the systems I regularly connect to is running a Zoom 14.4, and
>it does _not_ connect at 14.4 to at least two other brands of modems (my
>Practical Peripherals and a friend's Intel).  I don't know whether the
>internal one has the same difficulties, but you should be aware of that
>potential glitch in the v.32bis implementation.
>


I have the external Zoom VFX, and it talks just fine to Practical Peripheral,
Intel, Telebit, USR and a host of others at 14.4 kbps and beyond.



-- 
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From: oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: USR modems..
Date: 2 Jan 93 19:59:13 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

In <19130@mindlink.bc.ca> Steven_Lam@mindlink.bc.ca (Steven Lam) writes:

>I notice that there isn't too many messages on here concerning US Robotics
>products.  Especially the Sporster and Courier v.32bis fax and dual standard
>fax products.  Is there anybody out there who use them?  Any comments or
>critisim?  I sell USR modems and would like to find out people's opinion on
>them.  BTW, I have a Dual Standard with fax and am VERY happy with it.

Well, did you see my recent post on the Macronix modem?  In that post
I also described how I had chronic trouble getting the US Robotics
Worldport 9600 MNP modem to 
do an MNP handshake with other MNP-4 modems.  I finally gave up on that
modem and sent it back to USR, hoping they will do some sort of appropriate
gesture.  (I had already sent in the modem for warranty repair after which
the modem still had the same troubles.)


-- 
Carl Oppedahl AA2KW  (intellectual property lawyer)
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY  10112-0228
voice 212-408-2578     fax 212-765-2519
From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: HELP! problems with 2-line phones
Date: 28 Dec 92 14:32:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: qiclab.1992Dec28.143202.20023
Reply-To: Leonard.Erickson@f51.n105.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.

joel@writer.yorku.ca (Joel Atkin) writes:

>Help!  My supra v.32bis modem, which is billed as handling line noise
>fairly well, drops the carrier every time my other line rings.  I have
>5 two line phones hooked up throughout my house on sockets I've wired
>for two lines.  When I remove all of the phones, presto!, carrier is
>not dropped when the other line rings.  I have tried each phone
>individually and they all seem to cause line noise on the other line
>(line2) when line1 rings.  These phones are essential and I was
>wondering if there was some way to suppress this overlapping effect.

Many modems use the 2nd pair on the jack as if it was an old fashioned
"key system" multiline phone. So what you want to avoid both having
the phones interefere with the modem *and* the modem interfere with the 
phone is a little gizmo from Radio shack that splits the 2-line jack into
3 jacks. A 2-line jack, a line 1 jack, and a line 2 jack. The single
line jacks have *only* the 2 wires required brought thru and that eliminates
most problems.

-- 
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)
From: peterson@ZGNews.LoneStar.Org (Bob Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: 16550 Uart questions..
Date: 27 Dec 92 15:30:25 GMT
Organization: The Zeitgeist BBS, Plano, TX  214 596 3720

geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh) writes:

>    I've never seen a 16-bit dumb serial card.  The $400+ intelligent 
> (coprocessed) multiserial cards come in 16-bit versions, and you can get 
> serial I/O built into a super I/O cards that has a 16-bit interface for an ID
> adapter, but UARTs are 8-bit devices and don't profit from 16-bit cards.

  Just last week I purchased a four port dumb serial card, "4-COM,"
made by STB Systems, Inc.  It is a 16 bit card.  A single square chip
(I can't power down to get the number) drives the four serial ports,
and supports the NS16550A-style 16 byte queue.  The board supports
interrupts 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, and 15, eight different port
addresses, serial port speeds from 50 to 112K bps, and individual or
shard interrupts on a port by port basis.

  I currently have the board configured for ports 3-6.  An ordinary
dumb card supports ports 1 and 2.  The X00 FOSSIL supports all 6 serial
ports.  I'll soon add a third BBS phone line, and I will connect the new
modem to this card.

  You still haven't seen a 16-bit dumb serial card, but now you know
about one.

>   Geoffrey Welsh, 7 Strath Humber Court, Islington, Ontario, M9A 4C8 Canada

    Bob
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser)
Subject: Re: USR Sportster Wanted..
Organization: Unixland Public Access Unix  (508) 655-3848
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 21:37:39 GMT

spyder@admiral.uucp (Eric) writes:

>Does anyone have a USR 14.4 Sportster v.32bis that they want
>to sell?...or does anyone know where I can find one for a relatively
>cheap price?...I'm sick of my PPI, and I know that USR's are PERFECT
>I've never heard anyone complain about a USR modem...
>Oh yeah...an external Sportster...

I'm considering a Sportster too... however I have heard (Larry,
are you out there?) that USR FAX isn't the latest (class 3?).

-- 
heiser@world.std.com
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: larry@gator.use.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: AT&T Paradyne thoughts?
Organization: Gator Communications - Feeds-R-Us 219-289-3745 
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 20:14:09 GMT

aburt@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (Andrew Burt) writes:

>In looking for a set of modems for our machine (a public access internet
>site), I found what looks like the current best deal -- AT&T Paradyne
>"dataport" v.32bis for $206 each ($222 w/fax) [sysop price, of course;
>says good until end of January].

>Does anyone have any thoughts on these?  I've heard nothing but praise
>so far...

>Anyone have these?  Are they fantastic?  Junk?

I also am interested in feedback on these modems..  I am serious
about getting a pair of them for our system in Florida

-- 
Larry Snyder                                    internet: larry@gator.use.com
keeper of the Gator                                   uucp: uunet!gator!larry
From: weis@mvax.uakom.cs
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: I need I/O card whith 16550AF chip
Date: 21 Dec 92 13:18:14 +0100
Distribution: world
Organization: Institute of Automation and Communication

I need urgently I/O card whit the chip 16550AF. Could you let me known,
please, where I can buy it (Czecho-Slovakia,Germany,Austria) and how
much does it cost.
					Thanks advance,

Tibor WEIS
Technical University Zvolen
Slovakia
From: ab016@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Scotty Meredith)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: TELIX 3.20 now available
Date: 21 Dec 1992 13:31:40 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ab016@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Scotty Meredith)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu



Telix 3.20 is now available.  The MODEMCFG.EXE program has a much better
setup for the 16.8 Dual Standard than what version 3.15 had.  I got it from
a local BBS, but it is probably available FTP somewhere...  Dated 12-10-92,
check it out!

--
From: vbarr@blaze.rutgers.edu (Valerie Barr)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: need new version of Kermit
Keywords: ftp
Date: 31 Dec 92 23:10:16 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


I would like to download a recent version of Kermit (my
version is from '87 and doesn't let me set baud to 14400).
Does anyone know which ftp site has kermit?  Thanks.

	Valerie Barr
-- 
--------------------------------------------------------------
Valerie Barr

vbarr@mhc.mtholyoke.edu		vbarr@paul.rutgers.edu
From: tchan@clyde.ics.uci.edu (Billy Chan)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Does anyone know any mail order place that sells ZyXEL modems ?
Date: 29 Dec 92 03:01:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: ics.2B3FBF9B.16645
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.

Dear all,

	If you know how to mail order a ZyXEL modem, could you please e-mail me
the address/1-800-number ?  Thanks in advance.

--Billy
From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Telemate speed problems
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 12:34:35 EST
Organization: Izot's Swamp

aburt@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (Andrew Burt) writes:

> My gripe is that Telemate is (according to the admission of
> their support people) unable to handle fast modems.

   Solution: use a FOSSIL driver.  This allows my dialout, UUCP, and Fido 
software all to use the same driver (a real plus), as well as giving me the 
ability to use serial ports whose hardware differs from 'standard' PC serial 
ports, e.g. multiport boards from AST, DigiBoard, ARNET, etc.

   TeleMate is the first decent comm program I've found that can use the 
FOSSIL driver.  (Anyone know of others?)

> The obnoxious part of it is that you may not *know* it's slow unless you
> test it.  That bugs me too -- many people may think it's happy at 38400
> or 57600 when in fact it's not painting faster than 19200!  And folks
> might just blame line noise for the transfer retries, when indeed it
> is the program.  To me, this borders on misleading.  Ok, end of tirade.

   Screen drawing is screen drawing; it still paints faster than I can read, 
and screen handling speed does not affect file transfer throughput.  Telix 
wrote directly to the screen; I get the idea that TeleMate doesn't, for which 
I consider it a better behaved program.  However, I have used modems at 57600 
(ZyXEL U-1496E), 38400 (USR Dual Standard, 1443 ROMs), 19200 (Telebit T1000), 
and 2400 (Hayes Smartmodem 2400) and TeleMate worked reasonably quickly for 
all.  I am using a 386/40 with DesqView. 

  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
                Now I've lost everything, I give to you my soul
           And the meaning of all that I believed before escapes me
                  In this world of none, no thing, and no one
                            - Genesis, _Afterglow_
From: birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Need suggestions for high speed modem
Date: 27 Dec 92 22:52:36 GMT
Organization: Screaming in Digital, the Queensryche Digest

tchan@clyde.ics.uci.edu (Billy Chan) writes:

>	I plan to purchase an external high speed( > 9600 Baud) fax modem, can
>anyone suggest one for me ?  My budget limit will be $400 and if you know of
>any mail order place, please inform me too(Tax is high in California).  Thanks
>in advance.

I'll recommend the modem I have.  Practical Peripherals PM14400FXSA.
I'll also recommend the people I got it from, PC Connection. 1-800-800-0004,
if I remember correctly.  They have it for $399, so if you have to have it
for under $400 _including_ shipping and handling, you'll have to go elsewhere,
other folks sell it for a little bit less.

The modem supports v.32bis/42bis/32/42/22bis/22/21/29/27ter.  And other stuff.
It comes with QuickLink II/Fax software, works just fine with other stuff too.
The modem is covered by a lifetime warranty.  ($15 for return shipping if you
have to send it back to get fixed).
ROM upgrades are free, and thus far have come out every 3-4 months.  You do
have to call and request them.
Software upgrades are also free, though not as frequent as ROM upgrades.
Support is available via voice, bbs, fax, and CompuServe.  In the voice
department, I suggest calling late at night and leaving a message on their
voice-mail system.  A tech will return the call (their expense) the next
morning.

I've had the unit for over half a year now, with no difficulties at all since
the first ROM upgrade.

-Shag

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From: birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: *** WHAT'S THE BEST COMM PROTOCOL ***
Date: 21 Dec 92 22:37:41 GMT
Organization: Screaming in Digital, the Queensryche Digest

dml7@navaho.cc.bellcore.com (lee,danny) writes:

>i'm having trouble deciding which communications protocol package to
>use on my pc.  which one (kermit or zmodem, or any other ones)
>would permit one to download/upload most efficiently and most
>quickly? 

Kermit is generally used as a "bulletproof" protocol that will work over
just about any connection you can imagine.  It is not, however, viewed
as anything even vaguely resembling a _fast_ protocol.

Zmodem is fairly reliable, offers a resume feature for interrupted 
downloads, and is supported by a variety of platforms.

There are protocols that are faster than Zmodem, but they are rarely
supported across as many platforms, which limits their usefulness for
multi-platform users of Internet or Usenet.

-Shag

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From: heiser@acs.bu.edu (William Heiser)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Hayes Optima or Intell 440/e ???
Date: 3 Jan 93 23:29:11 GMT
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

In article <1993Jan3.160902.9626@iscsvax.uni.edu> to5232@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
>I am interested in buying a high speed modem.  I have zeroed in on either 
>a Hayes Optima 14.4k  or a Intel Satisfaxtion 400/e.  I can't seem to 

What you mentioned about the Hayes/USR connections isn't true for the
Optima series.  You're probably thinking of the V-series which does use
a proprietary protocol.  I have succesfully connected to several USR DS's
at 14.4K with my Hayes Optima 144+FAX144.

I, too, compared the Optima 144 with the Intel 400/e.  In favor of the Intel,
I noticed that they advertised a DTE/DCE rate of 115.2K.  However I questioned
whether that would help much in my environment (Intel X86 machines). (i.e.
that's pretty fast for a PC, and that rate is so far above the DCE-DCE rate
anyway, .........)

In favor of the Hayes,  it is (in my opinion) "more standard", and has
the capability of doing 14.4K in FAX mode, something that seems pretty 
unusual.

I am still evaluating the Hayes.  If it turns out the Hayes doesn't work
out, I'll either try the Intel or put more $$ down and go for a T3000.



Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: fred@genesis.demon.co.uk (Lawrence Kirby)
Subject: Re: need new version of Kermit 
Distribution: world
Organization: BT
X-Mailer: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.19)
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 21:41:31 +0000

In article <Dec.31.18.10.15.1992.17518@blaze.rutgers.edu> vbarr@blaze.rutgers.edu writes:

>
>I would like to download a recent version of Kermit (my
>version is from '87 and doesn't let me set baud to 14400).
>Does anyone know which ftp site has kermit?  Thanks.

Very few programs allow you to set the baud rate to 14400. What you normally
do is set the speed to 19200 or higher and let the modem speed buffer for you;
they all support this. If you want to make use of compression you will have to
do this anyway.

-----------------------------------------
Lawrence Kirby | fred@genesis.demon.co.uk
Wilts, England | 70734.126@compuserve.com
-----------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: jjm3@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Joseph Martino)
Subject: Inexpensive 9600bps modem?
Reply-To: jjm3@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Joseph Martino)
Organization: Columbia University
Distribution: USA
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 07:00:38 GMT

Hi,

A friend of mine asks, "Is there a plain, inexpensive Hayes compatible 
9600bps modem out there.  The primary use will be to connect to another 
9600bps modem with no error correction or compression."  

Thanks for any info.

--Jeff
From: tnixon@hayes.com
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: hayes response codes and uugetty/getty 
Date: 31 Dec 92 22:43:26 EDT
Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA

In article <1992Dec30.043842.3548@daimi.aau.dk>, eks@daimi.aau.dk (Eigil Krogh S|rensen) writes:

> With hayes compatible modems you can't disable the "RING" and "CONNECT" mesgs.
> on incomming calls without disabling all response codes, or can you ?

With many newer modems, you can.  The "Q2" command causes the modem 
to disable all result codes associated with answering of calls, 
including RING, CARRIER, PROTOCOL, COMPRESSION, CONNECT, etc., but 
leave them enabled when originating calls -- exactly what you're 
looking for.  You don't mention what modem you have, so it's hard to 
say whether or not it supports Q2, but it wouldn't hurt to try 
setting it and then calling to see if you get a RING.

-- 
Toby Nixon, Principal Engineer      | Voice   +1-404-840-9200  Telex 401243420
Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc.  | Fax     +1-404-447-0178  CIS   70271,404
P.O. Box 105203                     | BBS     +1-404-446-6336  AT&T    !tnixon
Atlanta, Georgia  30348             | UUCP uunet!hayes!tnixon  Fido   1:114/15
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: kc@netcom.com (Dameon D. Welch)
Subject: Re: PPI Modem IS REALLLLLLLY BAD!!!@%!@%!@
Organization: Wayne's World, Inc -- NOT!
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 23:59:07 GMT

In article <qL3DwB2w164w@mcgort.COM> rlm@mcgort.COM (Robert McMillin) writes:
>birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag) writes:
>
>> spyder@admiral.uucp (Eric) writes:
>> 
>> >I have a PM14400FXSA, and the modem has got to be the worst modem on the
>> >market.  I have had nothing but problems with it, and I practically have
>> >to baby-sit it, since it is so bad.  The modem can't handshake correctly
>> >on the first try to anywhere, and it can't upload either without the 
>> >transfer being aborted, which makes some of the users on my system get
>> >their transfers shot.  Anyway, there is no hope for a product with 
>> >quality as cheap as this.  
>> 
>> Since this is "Spyder"'s second post ragging on PPI, I should note that,
>> as PPI's tech folk say, the modem does work just fine for "other people."
>> I have had my PM14400FXSA since early June, at a point when most people
>> thought it was still vaporware.  I have not had a single problem with it
>> that wasn't fixed by a ROM upgrade early this fall.
>
>Yes, PPI ROM upgrades did fix some of the problems.  However, I agree with
>"Spyder" inasmuch as PPI modems are second rate where it comes to dealing
>with marginally noisy lines -- which I have in my house and cannot convince
>Pac*Hell to fix.  You can't hear noise on voice calls, so the assumption
                                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>is that the problem is in my equipment, which is in fact the case.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

How do you know that this is the case? Have you tried other brands of
modems at your house as well? Some places simply don't have the proper
phone lines installed (there were some problems up at UCSC with their
dialin modems, which was eventually traced to the use of non-spec
phone lines, or something of the sort).

As far as marginal lines go, my PPI does reasonably well on marginal
lines. And MacUser recommended this modem for the same reason --
because it performs well on marginal lines (as well as the Supra). 

>I still cannot successfully call the Telebit T2500's at work at any speed
>greater than the v.32 fallback speed of 4800 from my house; the same call
>through the lines at work (through the company PBX and through Pac*Hell's
>lines) goes through without a peep.

This leads me to think that the problem is in your phone lines into
your home, if it works fine everywhere else. But unless you can verify
that it *is* the modem (ie, try other modems on that line), don't
blame the PPI modem.
-- 
Dameon D. Welch, NH6TW               kc@netcom.com OR dwelch@scuacc.scu.edu
Sophomore Computer Science Major at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
--
          "Don't be afraid, it's only business." -- Roger Waters