HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: tbr@hardy.u.washington.edu (Todd Barnreiter)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: +++ sequence problem with USR DS 16.8k
Date: 11 Oct 92 08:40:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Oct11.084001.1122
Organization: University of Washington

dgm@shell.portal.com (David G Metzger) writes:

>In article <1992Oct10.082236.8757@u.washington.edu> tbr@hardy.u.washington.edu (Todd Barnreiter) writes:
>> issue the + + + escape sequence on my USR Dual Standard 16.8k
>>I immediately get a NO CARRIER and the modem hangs up.  I want
>>to enter into command mode, not hang up!  My old HST never
>>had this problem.  I looked through all the settings and I
>>can't find anything that makes a difference.  What's the
>>deal here?
>>
>>-BarryB
>>

>   You have S14=001; set S14=000 as documented in the manual, on the 
>quick reference card, and in the modem's on-line help screen.

Ok, I checked and S14=001 was indeed true.  After changing it
to S14=000, everything works normally.

Except when I reset my modem the setting is lost!  It turns
out that register S14 is not saved when you do a AT&W.

What are you talking about this being documented in the manual, reference
card and modem's help screens?  This is not true!  Every single
one of those sources says:
                    S14    Resevered

No matter what I do, this register always defaults to a setting
of 001 at power-up/reset.

Is this a known error in some of USR's ROMs?  I have 4.1 ROMs which
I thought were the newest for the v.small Dual's.

If anyone knows anything about this please help!  I don't relish
the thought of having to sit on hold for an hour wait for
someone at USR who can answer this.

-BarryB
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews)
Subject: Re: Telebit Qblazer
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 08:00:54 GMT

In article <Bvpq1B.2vn@gator.rn.com> larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
>Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix) writes:
>
>>1)  US Robotics modems are very, very fine pieces of equipment.
>
>And provide better throughput over like conditions when using v.32bis
>

Larry, do you see the subject line?  The QBlazer is a V.32 modem.  What
could V.32bis throughputs on ANOTHER PRODUCT possibly have to do with
the QBlazer?  Much more of this and I'll start writing your comments
off as mere advertising, not technical observations.


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From: elf@oldearth.Corp.Sun.COM (Ed Fleschute)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Ring, Answer, Nogotiate, "BUSY"
Date: 16 Oct 92 21:29:05 GMT
Reply-To: elf@oldearth.Corp.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp.
NNTP-Posting-Host: oldearth.corp.sun.com


I have a friend calling a USR DS from a Promethius Home/Office 14,400.

This one is bizarre.

	Dial Number
	USR answers
	About 3 seconds of nogotiation
	Promethius reports "BUSY" and hangs up the line


This modem does work with other dial up services @ 14,400.

Anyone??  

Ed Fleschute   (415)336-3753
From: panizo@riogrande.cs.tcu.edu (Maria Panizo)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Hacking USR ROMS [4.2 - 4.1]
Date: 15 Oct 92 02:26:40 GMT
Organization: Texas Christian University

At one point I had a Sony CD player.  This, in itself, was not so strange but
I discovered that though the model I had did not come with a remote control,
with a calendar selection (a button for each track # up to 20) but with just
a track advance <<|  |>> button.  But I had another Sony player that did have
the buttons and I discovered that the remote control for the second one
operated the first one, including the feature that the first one didn't include.

Was I robbing Sony of revenue by using the remote from the second CD player to
control the first one?

I don't think so.

MP
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Caller ID
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 21:18:18 GMT
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <1992Oct07.013524.24545@uhura.neoucom.edu> wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (Bill Mayhew) writes:
>I like the idea of being able to send an electronic nastygram back
>to the maketeer who wants to sell me some useless product just as
>I'm sitting down to dinner, letting her/him know that I simply
>don't take calls from parties that don't wish to ID.

He'll be happy to ID himself.  After all, *his* line is probably
outgoing-only, by design or at least in effect.  Don't kid yourself.
Caller ID was built to make him happy, not you.
-- 
There is nothing wrong with making      | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
mistakes, but... make *new* ones. -D.Sim|  henry@zoo.toronto.edu  utzoo!henry
From: swinokur@pbs.org
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Procedure to modify ZYXEL motherboard for new ROMS
Date: 14 Oct 92 12:36:37 EDT
Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA

> Hi,
> 	A while ago, somebody posted the procedure to modify the ZYXEL 
> 	motherboard to enable it to accept the new 1Mb Eproms. 
> 
> 	Could that somebody please repost or send me E-mail at
> 

Just a word of caution here. Although Zyxel originally said users could do
this mod themselves, they have reversed themselves on this. Your warranty
will be voided if you do it yourself and damage the modem. If you do not
have access to a soldering station or have not done this before, I;'d consider sending the modem back for the upgrade
sending the modem back to Zyxel for the upgrade.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: leop@percy.rain.com (Leo)
Subject: Re: Telix comm program
Organization: Percy's mach, Portland, OR
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 17:49:13 GMT

>>I liked Telix very much when I tried it during the evaluation period.  I
>>would have registered it if it wasn't for two annoying problems.
>>
>>1) Faulty vt100 emulation.
>>   I dial in to the school's unix machines from home.  When I do this, I
>>   usually run Gnu Emacs and Elm.  The problem occurs when I try to use
>>   the back-space key inside of emacs because it is treated as ctrl-h.

It's not "treated" as ctrl-h, it IS contrl-h that is sent by default.
You can select whether that key sends backspace or delete on the
options menu under terminal emulation.  It is also set for each site
in the dialing directory as one of the option for the entry.  After
changing it, you use the delete key to access help in emacs.
From: Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Hacking USR ROMS [4.2 - 4.1]
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 09:54:35 EST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/20.18 - cmhGate UF Gateway, Columbus OH

larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:

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

The minute $20 million or so falls into my lap out of the sky, I'm going to
sue HBO to keep their signal out of my house.  I didn't invite their radio
waves, and if I can't do anything with them, then HBO can damn well keep them
from invading my house and my body.

When I win that one (actually, HBO will come out and publicly admit that
physics works and we'll drop the whole thing), we'll see how the idea of it
being illegal to diddle with those radio waves invading my living room falls
down flat.

Back to your local programming.

--Adam--
 
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From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Supra V.32bis and Caller*ID
Date: 14 Oct 92 13:42:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.Bw462D.D5F
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana


I beg forgiveness if this has been asked before; I've only had my Supra
for 18 hours. ;-)

What's the history of the Caller*ID capability of the Supra V.32bis? I
gather from snippets posted here that some early ROM revisions had it,
then Supra yanked it out again, and now they're selling it separately
for an extra $20. Which ROM versions (prior to 1.2J) had the CLID code,
and how is it enabled/accessed? Please email if this has been done to
death already. Also feel free to send any other helpful hints you might
have for a brand new Supra owner, such as profile settings, init
strings, etc. Is there any sort of Supra FAQ?

Thanks!
From: zeke@fasttech.uucp (Bohdan Tashchuk)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Silly Hayes bashing (was +++ sequence problem with USR DS 16.8k)
Date: 16 Oct 92 21:22:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: fasttech.1992Oct16.212242.13162
Organization: Fast Technology

In <1688@frackit.UUCP> dave@frackit.UUCP (Dave Ratcliffe) writes:

>The Subject: line above displays the dreaded 3 + signs but I have yet to
>see anyone flame this person for his seeming indiscretion. C'mon guys,
>the flamfest went rampant when Toby posted that message with the dreaded
>3 +'s in a row yet here is another example of the very same thing and
>there are no objections. Is it because he doesn't WORK for Hayes so it's
>ok for him? 

>[ ... more knee-jerk drivel along the same lines deleted ... ]

>Is it time for a reality check here or what?

Don't assume that everyone but you who reads this group must be an imbecile.

The Hayes press release didn't just have the +++, it had +++ immediately
followed by AT. This is MUCH, MUCH, MUCH, MUCH different.
            ^
            (emphasis added for the knee-jerk Hayes defenders)

Most modems that use "TIES", the Time Independent Escape Sequence, check that
the next few characters following the escape are AT. This helps reduce the
probability of inadvertantly escaping into command mode.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: charles@gremlin.muug.mb.ca (Charles)
Subject: Re: 40% Discount of ZyXELs
Organization: The Haunted Unix Box
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 03:37:12 GMT

tuc@calico.cs.wisc.edu (Brian A. Cole) writes:

>Earlier in this thread someone said that ZTerm (shareware comm program
>for the Mac) could display ANSI graphics.  I tried version 0.85 and got
>another screenful of 'f's, so I looked a little harder and found version
>0.9.  Wow, those menu-things are pretty neat-looking (if slow to transmit).

I'm using Zterm .85, and it displays ANSI just fine, you just didn't
enable it.


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From: dszpiro@student.business.uwo.ca (Daniel A. Szpiro)
Subject: How do I make my USR Sporster into a DS HST?
Organization: University of Western Ontario
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 05:02:25 GMT

Hi,

I have a US Robotics 14,400 PC FAX modem with the 4.1 version ROM. I
use the modem with Procomm Plus for Windows.

I understand that simply by issuing the right string of commands to my
modem that it can "become" a Dual Standard HST. What I would really
like to know is;

1) What are the correct commands to make this change?

2) What are the right settings I should make in Procomm Plus for
Windows to ensure that I will actually connect in HST.

I apologize if this is rather basic info, but I only recently joined
this group and I'm not yet up to speed.

Thanks in advance to all who can help,

Danny

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: uri@watson.ibm.com (Uri Blumenthal)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ZyXEL's -- do they ever work?
Keywords: ZyXEL
Date: 8 Oct 92 19:41:49 GMT
Reply-To: uri@watson.ibm.com
Organization: Do you care? Why?
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM

Also - don't forget, that if your modem for whatever reason
really hangs up (so that even power cycling doesn't help),
there's one last resort before calling the Tech Support
in:
	1) Power it off;
	2) Press and HOLD the "Enter" button;
	3) Power it on (still holding the button).

I had to use it once with my ZyXEL U-1496 (model with LCD).
Actually, it works pretty well (so I don't have to clean 
it's NVRAM with this :-).
-- 
Regards,
Uri.		uri@watson.ibm.com scifi!angmar!uri 
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From: Camz@debug.cuc.ab.ca
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: USR ROMS, Firmware
Date: 16 Oct 92 00:08:39 GMT
Reply-To: Camz@wooga.cuc.ab.ca (Martin Zimmerman)
Organization: The Magic BBS (Debug Computer Services)

I tried the ATUSR, and it dumped the copyright and credits for the ROM.
This should help with the dis-assembly a bit, I have already located the
portion of code that is executed when that command is entered, so I should
be able to use that to vector backwards into the disasembly to findthe
part of the firmware that processes commands.
 
Cheers,
Camz.
Xref: sparky comp.dcom.modems:14881 biz.comp.telebit:966
From: wjk@Phonogenic.COM (Bill Keenan)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,biz.comp.telebit
Subject: reasonable WorldBlazer S70 and S72 values
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 14:34:22 PDT
Organization: Phonogenic Systems Corporation
Reply-To: wjk@Phonogenic.COM (Bill Keenan)
Distribution: world
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1

Are values in the range of 17155 - 18031 for S70 and S72 reasonable for
a WorldBlazer <=> T2500 PEP connection? Is a single sample of S70/S72
after the UUCP connection is closed meaningful? What is the range of values
for S70/S72 on a WorldBlazer (ie. 0 - 23000 or 0 - 70000+)?

Bill

________________________________________________________________________
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AppleLink:	wjk@phonogenic.com@INTERNET#
CompuServe:	>INTERNET:wjk@phonogenic.com
Phonogenic Systems Corporation - Phone 415/365-1083 - FAX 415/365-1083
PO Box 3535, Redwood City CA 94064

This country borrows about $4.25 per day per US resident (that is $17/day
for a family of 4) with little hope of paying any of the principal!
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: dgm@shell.portal.com (David G Metzger)
Subject: Re: USR Sportster Info Needed!REGISTER
Organization: Portal Communications Company -- 408/973-9111 (voice) 408/725-0561 (data)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 07:14:19 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.181415.7390@iscsvax.uni.edu> eadie5295@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
>  I would like to know all of the info on the new 14.4 Sportster (w/fax).
>I would also like to know if it has the 16550 UART and if it will initiate a
>fall-forward (and other neat-oh stuff).
>
>  Thanx in advanse.
>-- 
>+----------------------------+               _   _   __   _   _  
>|        Trent Eadie         |              | | | | |  \ | | | |
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>| eadie5295@iscsvax.uni.edu  |              | |_| | | | \  | | |
>+----------------------------+              |_____| |_|  \_| |_|
>"Remember- every woman has
> a birthday...suit."  -TMH

    1) Yes, the Sportster 14.4 w/fax will fall both back and forward.  It
says so in the manual, and I verified that fact with USR's tech support.
( Although the person I initially spoke to at USR was hopelessly confused.
He kept thinking I was asking about ASL, which I wasn't.  The hardest part
of the exercise was convincing him that he was confused and getting him to
go ask a REAL technician.  He called back the next business day, considerably
enlightened, and verified that the Sporster 14.4/Fax can initiate fall 
forward/back. )

    2) The Sporster also has a 16550 UART in the internal version. I don't
know about the external, but I would assume it does too.  It works just fine.

    3) "Other neat-o stuff" ?  Well, I don't know what you had in mind, but
the neatest thing about my Sportster isn't even the serendipitous HST mode,
but that it's so trouble free I forget it's there.  After all, isn't
that what you really want from a modem?
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: steve@nshore.org (Stephen J. Walick)
Subject: Re: Telebit WorldBlazer & UUCP
Reply-To: steve@nshore.org (Stephen J. Walick)
Organization: Nshore Hacking and Salvage
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 00:02:04 GMT
Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems

As quoted from <3488.2172.uupcb@synapse.org> by daniel.coulombe@synapse.org (Daniel Coulombe):

+---------------
| to: comp.dcom.modems
| from: daniel.coulombe@synapse.org
+---------------

You know, I do wish more of my 'Email' replies would go thru -- have
you checked "WHOIS"??!

>> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 16:11:39 -0400
>> From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu!po.CWRU.Edu!MAILER-DAEMON>
>> Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown
>> 
>>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>> 554 <daniel.coulombe@synapse.org>... 550 Host unknown \
>> 				(Authoritative answer from name server)
>> 
>>    ----- Unsent message follows -----

Give me a deliverable 'Email' address, and I'll be happy to resent my
reply to your posting.

-- 

Stephen J. Walick            Internet: steve@nshore.org [192.150.241.1]
Data Phone: (216) 942-1118          UUCP: {uunet|backbone}!nshore!steve
Two Telebit WorldBlazers, TurboPEP, PEP, V32.bis, V.32 and 2400-300 bps
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: plauterbach@cortex.prospect.com (Peter C. Lauterbach)
Subject: USR Courier HST are getting flakey as they get older.
Organization: Cortex Corporation, Waltham, MA, USA
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 23:25:22 GMT
X-Posted-From: cortex.prospect.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

Greetings,

	We have a bank of USR Courier HST modems that are a few years old.

	They don't seem to want to be able to talk the the latest generation of
high speed modems like the Supra and PP 14400SX any faster than 9600.

	They also seem pretty tempermental in terms of holding onto the NVRAM
settings, they just lose them every so often, and need to be reloaded. (Usually
in the middle of the might !)

	I there a ROM upgrade for these babies, (sorry don't know the latest
ROM rev ) or should we just check them ? 

					Regards,
					Peter
-- 
Peter C. Lauterbach			Cortex Corporation	(617)622-1900
Technical Account Manager		100 Fifth Avenue
plauterbach@cortex.prospect.com		Waltham, MA 02154
From: mehdi@armon.rain.com (Mehdi Attaran)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Intel Support numbers
Date: 7 Oct 92 16:10:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: armon.1992Oct7.161021.29172
Organization: Armon Public Access Unix System -- Portland, OR, USA

pnor@btma74.nohost.nodomain writes:

>> Intel will be happy to answer all questions - they have a BBS and CIS support

>Anyone know an internet address for Intel where one can get sensible answers
>to modem FAX/modem type questions? Pricing/availability and also techie
>type questions?

The Personal Computer Enhancement Division tech support (who is in charge of
faxmodem product line) does not have a direct internet address.  They can
however be reached through the following:

FAX:  USA/Canada    1-800-458-6231
      Europe        +44-793-431166
      International +503-629-7580

BBS:  USA/Canada    +503-645-6275
      Europe        +44-793-432955
      All lines are up to V.32bis speed, 8N1 setting

MCI Mail:  "Intel Support"
Compu$erve: "Go IntelForum"

Voice: Worldwide (Mon-Fri, 7-5 US Pacific time)  +503-629-7000
       Europe:   (Mon-Fri, 8-5:30)
	     English:      +44-793-431144
	     en Francais:  +44-793-421777
	     auf Deutsch:  +44-793-421333

Hope this helps...

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From: naddy@mips.ruessel.sub.org (Christian Weisgerber)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Organization: My Individual Private Site
Subject: Re: Supra SHIPPING New ROMs
Keywords: Supra
	<JHFqRB2w165w@hovel.welly.gen.nz>
	<1992Sep29.155816.5114@gremlin.muug.mb.ca>
Reply-To: naddy@mips.ruessel.sub.org
X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.04 Rev. Sep  5 1992
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 22:49:38 CET

In <1992Sep29.155816.5114@gremlin.muug.mb.ca>, Charles writes:

> This begs the question....Just how similiar are the implmentations of
> modems using the Rockwell chipset?  Ie, What are the chances of say
> plugging in the Supra ROM to another of the Rockwell chipset modems?

It depends how much of the Rockwell chipset is used in the modem. If
they just use the RC144DP (data pump), add their own MCU(s), and develop
their own code, your chances are nil.

On the other hand, if the full RC144AC chipset (controller and data
pump) is utilized it should be about 100%. I simply called Rockwell's
distributor in Germany for data sheets and got a "Modem Designer's
Guide" that already includes complete schematics for both a external and
a PC-internal modem. Maybe additional development support is available.
The firmware is delivered as a binary image bundled with a MS-DOS
configuration program that allows you to enter your "brand name" and
selectively disable some commands (e.g. Supra disabled all of the dummy
commands Rockwell provides). That's it.
Maybe Supra have really licensed Rockwell's code and develop their own
strand of firmware, but generally all RC144AC modems should be fully
compatible. (Note:) I haven't tried it, though.


bye
-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber, Germany           naddy@mips.ruessel.sub.org
From: hm002b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (hasit mehta)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ZyXEL 16800bps?
Date: 9 Oct 92 10:53:13 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

In article <csjohn.718590512@knuth> csjohn@knuth.mtsu.edu (The Mad Hatter) writes:
>I have a ZyXEL U1496E with version 5.02 EPROMs.  
>I tried connecting to a USR Dual Standard with AT&N35, but 
>could only get a 14400bps connection. 
>Does anyone know how I can connect at 16800bps?
>Thanks.
>
>-- 
>John Wallace   ||   INTERNET: csjohn@knuth.mtsu.edu
>  > > > Vote for freedom.  Vote Libertarian. < < <

Yup call another ZyXEL 1496, I believe it has to be a fairly new one or has
to be using a new version of the ROM., and you will connect at 16,800.
An easy way to make sure modem will do this is to give the ZyXEL support BBS
a ring. The 16.8k feature is ONLY availible when calling another ZyXEL.
Hasit
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