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From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
Subject: Re: Digicom Scout
Organization: Netcom
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 08:34:37 GMT

Clarence Wilkerson (wilker@hopf.math.purdue.edu) wrote:
: Waht's a good price for it, and where can it be purchased? Has anyone
: used one with a Sparc? Thanks

Hi,

I use the Scout+ with tip and 4.1.1. (Thats where I am typing from right
now) on a 3/60 but I know some users who use it on Sparcs, too. I append
the info sheet for you below. This week is a bit tough since it seems
that demand is larger than Digicom can supply them.

Let me know if I can help with any questions,

Wolfgang


	Digicom Scout Plus modem

	V.32bis, V.32, V.22bis, V.22, V.21 and Bell 212A
	14,400, 12,000, 9600, 7200, 4800, 2400 and 1200 bps
	data compression: V.42bis and MNP 5
	error correction: V.42 and MNP 2, 3 and 4 using LAPM
	Group 3 send/receive fax, Class 1 compliant, V.29, V.27ter, V.21
	Delrina's Dosfax and Winfax software, and Qmodem software
	adaptive handshake, auto line monitor and retrain
	synchronous operation, FCC Class B approved
	57,600 baud maximum DTE rate
	internal version has 16550AFN 16 byte buffer
	5 year warranty

	Scout Plus PC  (internal): $219      List: $359
	Scout Plus     (external): $259      List: $389  
	Scout Plus Mac (external): $289     

	The Scout+ is based on the Analog Devices 2101 DSP and Digicoms
	V.32bis chipset. It has two EPROMs, one with 1 Mbits and another 
	one with 512 kbits.

	Wolfgang Henke, 774 Wildwood Lane, Palo Alto, CA 94303
	(415) 390-9316                     (415) 964-2027  fax
	wolfgang@netcom.com                 wolfgang@rahul.net          
	Support files: anon ftp to ftp.rahul.net /pub/wolfgang

	UPS 2nd day shipping is $11.75. I also ship on COD or POs and
	accept Visa/Mastercard purchases (for a 3% fee).

	International orders are welcome. They will be shipped with
	a power supply rated for 185 to 240 Volts with either a three
	pronged US style plug or a German style two pronged plug.
	Please add US Airmail postage of about $37 for Europe and $44
	for Africa, Asia or Australia. There is also a Japan approved 
	version available.

	Some background on Digicom: DSI is a leader in modem DSP design
	which allowed them the flexibility to introduce the first
	V.32bis modem and also the first V.32bis modem with send and
	receive fax. Their V.32bis engine has won quite a few awards. A
	local silicon valley manufacturer.

-- 
   _________________________________________________________________________
   Wolfgang Henke     Data lanes not car pool lanes      wolfgang@netcom.com 

Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: jmd@tyrolia.Princeton.EDU (John M. Danskin)
Subject: Compression algorithms used in modems
Originator: news@nimaster
Reply-To: jmd@tyrolia.Princeton.EDU (John M. Danskin)
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Princeton University
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:21:17 GMT


Hello,

If anyone could give me pointers to compression algorithms used in modems,
I'd be thankful. I am interested in the interaction between entropy encoders,
such as Lempel-Ziv and whatever gets used in modems.

Thanks!

John Danskin			|  Gradual Student. Graphics and Systems
(609) 258-5386			|
jmd@cs.princeton.edu		|
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: mingso@netcom.com (Ming Yau So)
Subject: Re: A Telebit FAX upgrade FLAME (Was: "Re: WB Fax Upgrade")
Keywords: Telebit  FAX  documentation
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:10:20 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.182313.22435@news2.cis.umn.edu> alla0008@student.tc.umn.edu (Graham Allan) writes:
>In article <1993Jan6.100623.15326@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> isolar!earle@elroy.JPL.NASA.GOV writes:
>> [about lack of documentation for fax commands]
>>In the future, I would appreciate it if Telebit would take into consideration
>>the fact that a customer who pays Real Money for a PROM upgrade which contains
>>new features deserves to have every one of those new features documented *fully
>>and completely*, and does NOT deserve to have proprietary software solutions
>>pushed upon him/her from vendors who apparently have been provided with this
>>information.  The customer deserves the right to have sufficient information
>>provided to him/her in order to pursue their own software solution, be it free
>>or otherwise.
>
>Actually, no fax modem I have seen has ever had any documentation on the
>commands to control the fax capabilities. Admittedly, that's only a sample
>of 2 different modems, but it looks as if it's standard practise not to
>supply this information (possibly because its not useful for the average
>end-user).
>
>You can get hold of documents describing the Class-1 and Class-2 protocols
>from several BBS's - I saw a copy which had originated from Supra.
>
>Graham.

If my memory serves well, I remembered when I read the Supra's doc (either on
paper or from their BBS), it says that the documentations for Class 1 & 2
fax protocols (V.17 & V.29 ??) are copyrighted by CCCIT, and it's CCCIT desired
to not have these docs distributed freelyfrom the modem manufacturer, because
CCCIT are selling these docs (very expensive, I recalled) to survive.  And I
think the docs described in the Telebit's doc might be these CCCIT docs.  If
yes, I think you guys shouldn't flame Telebit that much.  Anyway, if you need
those docs, I think you can buy them CCCIT directly, though they are likely
to be expensive.  BTW, I think all of the fax modems which conforms to the
CCCIT standards use the same set of commands for basic fax capabilities (like
the AT commands for low speed data modems), e.g. they all use AT+FCLASS=? to
determined the supported fax protocols.
-- 
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CAD Software Engineer			          mingso@netcom.com
Dawn Technologies, Inc.			Uucp: ...!uunet!dawntech!mingso
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: cal@ee.ryerson.ca (Calvin Henry-Cotnam)
Subject: Zoltrix fax/modem question
Keywords: Zofax Zoltrix Non-volatile RAM
Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:20:49 GMT


I have an internal Zoltrix fax/modem (Zofax Standard) and I wish to add the
non-volatile RAM option.  Its manual mentions this in a few places,
but does not explain what is necessary.

Its circuit board has one empty socket, a 16-pin DIP labelled "U8" and
I assume that an EEPROM chip is needed for it.

However the manual does not tell what chip is needed, and I cannot find
and address or phone number to ask.

If anyone knows this information, I would appreciate hearing from you.


Cal.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: daniel@cse.ucsc.edu (Daniel R. Edelson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: WB Fax Upgrade
Date: 6 Jan 93 18:27:08 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz (CE/CIS Boards)
NNTP-Posting-Host: oak.ucsc.edu

In article <1993Jan6.011755.9953@dms.agames.com> yaturner@dms.agames.com (James M. Turner) writes:
>For what it's worth GNU has a FAX Modem server and it's FREE as in
>Free Software Foundation
>
>James M. Turner     yaturner@agames.com       

Yes, NetFax, but currently it appears to be Sun-specific because 
it uses rpc.
From: monty%roscom@think.com (Monty Solomon)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re:   Hayes lawyers intimidate competition (was: Hayes Press Release)
Date: 4 Jan 93 22:31:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: proponen.1993Jan4.223139.3923
Reply-To: Monty Solomon <roscom!monty@think.com>
Organization: Proponent

In article <mark.0z7a@legend.akron.oh.us> mark@legend.akron.oh.us (Mark E  
Daniel) writes:
> I should have been more clear.  Appologies.  I can't imagine that
> any v.32bis modem also supporting FAX would not support v.17.  If the
> modem is one of those v.32/FAX modems then likely it would only do
> 9600 FAX.  The same is true for the 2400 BPS modems supporting FAX.
> 
> True - but I was unclear again.  This was a reference to the fact that
> so far we haven't seen anything but FAXModems that support V.17.

The Telebit T3000/WorldBlazer V.32bis modems do not support V.17.  (Current  
versions of these modems ship with fax and an upgrade is available for older  
ones).

They support Group III, Class 2, 9600 bps send/receive fax and are compliant  
with CCITT V.27ter and V.29.

Monty

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: jhood@smoke.marlboro.vt.us (Lord Yertle)
Subject: Re: A Telebit FAX upgrade FLAME (Was: "Re: WB Fax Upgrade")
Organization: Pick a banana, any banana
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 04:27:54 GMT
Keywords: Telebit  FAX  documentation

In article <1993Jan6.100623.15326@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
isolar!earle@elroy.JPL.NASA.GOV writes:

>I have just read the "Facsimile and V.25bis Addendum for Telebit T3000 and
>WorldBlazer Modems".  I searched in vain for information on how to use the
>FAX capability for which I paid my hard-earned $99.  I found NONE.  I found
>a single page (2-1) that says

Well, look on the bright side.  They're shipping the upgrade ;)

One little Q--

Did you try calling Telebit and asking nicely for documentation?

I had a similar situation recently where I got a Canon BJ-200 printer,
with basically useless documentation on control codes.  However, the
manual did tell people to call Canon to get a programmer's manual.  It
was free, and it's on its way now.

-- 
John Hood					Cthulhu-- just imagine it!
jhood@smoke.marlboro.vt.us
Duke U, 1980:  "Okay, so a few systems have the net started. What next?"
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: R3DRS@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU
Subject: Differences between internal/external sportster etc.
Organization: The University of Akron
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 02:50:44 GMT

I am looking into buying a v32bis modem, and so far it looks like the USR
sporster is what im going to buy.  I am curious, though, what differs in the
internal and external models?  I like the portability of an external, but if
there are significant differences, i would like to know.  Can anyone recommend
a good modem with similar features for around $300?  Data is my primary use,
 although i would like to have fax capability, i dont think i would use it too
much.   any hjelp would be appreciated.   Dave Snyder
From: fabian@mvax.uakom.cs
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: US Robotics e-mail adress
Date: 12 Jan 93 09:24:24 +0100
Distribution: world
Organization: Institute of Automation and Communication

Hi,
does somebody know US Robotics e-mail adress ?
Thanks.
Karol.Fabian@uakom.cs
From: jim@n5ial.mythical.com (Jim Graham)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: PC Usenet? 
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 15:10:05 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Me? Organized? Hah! :-)

In article <ashok.196.726374435@biochemistry.cwru.edu>
ashok@biochemistry.cwru.edu writes:

> In article <2.5000.10.fidonet.2b4bc174@che.nsk.su> Eric Fletcher
> <eric@che.nsk.su> writes:

>> There is great programm which allows you to have USENET news on PC called
>> Waffle. The latest version I know is 1.65.
> 
> Yes, Waffle is good PC UUCP program.  Please also take a look at Drew 
> Derbyshire's UUPC program as well as FSUUCP if you are interested in a UUCP 
> news/mail feed on PC platform.

if you're wanting to run a BBS, you need waffle.  if you're only looking
at a single-user tail site (i.e., you get a feed but don't feed anyone
else), waffle is probably a bit of an overkill...and it doesn't have a
threaded reader (yet --- I'm told they might be working on one).

if you are a single-user tail site, you might look into UUPC as
suggested above.  for news, check out SNEWS (it's somewhere on
simtel20).  I'm using a hacked up version of SNEWS here, and overall,
it's not a bad program (I still miss trn, though).

there are, of course, problems with snews --- for one, you can't
easily modify the headers (you've got to edit the spool files before
transmission) to, say, re-direct followups to a more appropriate
group....  :-)

and now, back to modem-related topics....
   --jim

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Xref: sparky comp.dcom.modems:19193 biz.comp.telebit:1129 comp.dcom.fax:2401
From: jeh@cmkrnl.com
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: A Telebit FAX upgrade FLAME (Was: "Re: WB Fax Upgrade")
Date: 7 Jan 93 03:34:53 GMT
Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems
Organization: Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego, CA

In article <1993Jan6.100623.15326@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>,
 earle@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Greg Earle - Gainfully Unemployed) writes:
> [...]
> When I pay $99 for a FAX upgrade, I presume that I will get PROMs that contain
> commands to put the modem into FAX receive/transmit mode.  I ALSO PRESUME THAT
> I WILL GET DOCUMENTATION ON WHAT THE HELL THOSE COMMANDS ARE, comprende'?  And
> if I am told that the modem "conforms to this de facto standard for Class 2
> facsimile functionality, SP-2388", then if YOU WON'T TELL ME WHAT NEW COMMANDS
> THE MODEM HAS, THEN WHERE THE HELL IS MY COPY OF THE SP-2388 STANDARD so that
> I can figure it out for my damn self?!?
> [...]

The trouble is that most users won't need this information.  Shipping it with
every modem is a waste of money and trees.  

I think the best solution is the way HP handles the PCL manuals for their 
laser printers.  When you buy a LaserJet you get a postage-paid reply card
(it's a tear-out from the user's manual, so it's hard to lose it) which you 
send in if you want the PCL manual.  

Note that this is a good solution only if it's implemented well.  HP's 
implementation worked well in my case -- the PCL manual was here within a week
of my mailing the card.  

fwiw, I've bought fax modems for PCs, and they didn't come with FAX programming
instructions either.  

	--- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego CA
drivers, internals, networks, applications, and training for VMS and Windows-NT
uucp 'g' protocol guru and release coordinator, VMSnet (DECUS uucp) W.G., and 
Chair, Programming and Internals Working Group, U.S. DECUS VMS Systems SIG 
Internet:  jeh@cmkrnl.com, hanrahan@eisner.decus.org, or jeh@crash.cts.com
Uucp:  ...{crash,eisner,uunet}!cmkrnl!jeh
From: keister@poincare.phys.cmu.edu (Bradley D. Keister)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Digicom Scout+ problems
Date: 6 Jan 93 16:10:45 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I'm having two intermittent problems with a Digicom Scout+ on a
Gateway 16 MHz 386sx.

1.  Occasionally, when I've used the modem for some application, it
will answer the phone (which is used for voice!) with its tone, even
though I've set every initialization string I can find to turn off
auto answer (ATS0=0).  Perhaps I've missed something, but it's getting
to the point where, after running any communication session, I will
start kermit or procomm and type AT*O just to make sure that S0 really
is zero.  It does appear that the AT&F reset command sets S0=2, so
perhaps there's an additional software reset being made that I haven't
seen.  Is there a clean way around this?

2.  There are also times (which keep recurring, though I can't
forcibly reproduce them) where the modem becomes completely silent,
that is, it gives no response whatsoever to any AT commands, including
AT*O, and various AT&F commands (even repeated); by "silent" I mean
not just no echo, but no OK, either.  The only way I can remedy this
is to reboot, and, in a few instances, use the reset button.  Is this
something I should expect, and/or is there a way around it?

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From: ewv@craycos.com (Eric Varsanyi)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: A Telebit FAX upgrade FLAME (Was: "Re: WB Fax Upgrade")
Keywords: Telebit  FAX  documentation
Date: 7 Jan 93 19:32:59 GMT
Organization: Cray Computer Corporation

In article <1993Jan7.042754.3179@smoke.marlboro.vt.us> jhood@smoke.marlboro.vt.us (Lord Yertle) writes:
>Did you try calling Telebit and asking nicely for documentation?

I did, back in November when I got the upgrade notice. About 1/2 hour on the
phone netted a list of people I could buy FAX software from. The sales
person would not transfer me to someone who knew where I could get docs (no
one here knows) and stated that Telebit did not have any documentation on
the operation of the Fax feature.

She read to me what standards it complied with (letter by letter) and tried
several times to tell me that it was the responsibility of the Fax software
vendor to know these things, not Telebit.

I'm a mostly happy Telebit customer with about 16 T2500's and a few WB's.
They have good tech support (when you get through to them) and are
willing to help if you make enough noise. Once you reach someone technical
they are usually extremely eager to please and will bend over backwards to
fix your problems. IMHO, their marketing plans lose big and many (not
all, there are good ones) of their sales people can barely spell
"modem", much less talk inteligently about their products.

Sadly, its not really worth buying Telebits anymore, Pep isn't really
as attractive as it used to be with V32bis/V42bis availble and you can get
a V32bis/V42bis modem for a much better price than a WB these days (the
cheaper ones can even do fax/data as advertised).

-Eric
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: pug@wixer.cactus.org (Pug)
Subject: Re: How do I get DSZ to work in Telix?
Organization: Pug's Pub and Pleasure Palace
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 16:17:34 GMT

In article <19930104.065512.800@almaden.ibm.com> russotto@vnet.ibm.com (Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
>>>>Also, because I can't get zmodem to work to upload through a telnet
>>>>connection and I'm hoping something else will work.
>>>  I am using Telix's Zmodem for just that ( downloading via telnet
>>>connection). After lots of postings last year someone solved this problem
>>Please read carefully, I am having no trouble downloading whatsoever.
>>I cannot upload.
>Try limiting your window size (-w in 'sz') to 8192, 4096, or 1024
>Trouble uploading usualy indicates a lack of handshaking somewhere,
>causing overrun, and limiting the window size usually allows various
>buffers to handle it.  If the underlying problem is at your end, you
>probably can fix it, but it is as likely to be out of your control.

Ok, I've known several things to cause this problem. First off, some machines
just won't communicate with each other across telnet. They will grab the 
escape sequences that zmodem needs. Second off, if you are using a terminal
server, such as a Cisco router, you need to tell it you will be uploading.
At the prompt for the router, type the command 'terminal download'. This 
synchronizes things between the machines. Why it allows downloads and not
uploads has been beyond me for sometime. Nobody has explained it in any way
ressembling reality yet.

Good luck.

Ciao,

Pug
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,biz.comp.telebit
From: teddybur@netcom.com (John Sanger)
Subject: Re: A Telebit FAX upgrade FLAME (Was: "Re: WB Fax Upgrade")
Keywords: Telebit  FAX  documentation
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:16:55 GMT

In article <C0GDz3.CFo@news.rn.com> larry@news.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
>earle@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Greg Earle - Gainfully Unemployed) writes:
>
>>Sorry, no such luck.  You get an installation manual for the chips, and
>>Yet Another Addendum manual - "Facsimile and V.25bis Addendum for Telebit
>>T3000 and WorldBlazer Modems".
>
>What is v.25bis -- is this specifically FAX compression?
>
>-- 

The CCITT statement for  v.25bis is:

	v.25bis    Bit synchronous auto-dialing protocol for use over the
		   Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).



Ciao!
	John S. :^)
	teddybur@netcom.com
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From: carlos@carlos
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: BocaModem versions.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 23:36:59 -0500
Reply-To: carlos@infoserv.com
Organization: Dominguez UseNet, Brooklyn NY, USA

In <930105.220327.EST.KARYPM@SJUVM.BITNET> KARYPM@SJUVM.BITNET ("Paul M. Karagianis") writes:

>ati0 = 249
>ati1 = 007
>ati2 = OK
>ati3 = V0.340
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 Yikes! Time to switch ROMs!

>ati4 = RC32ACL
>ati5 = 022
>ati6 = 144DPL+FAX

>at+fmfr? = ROCKWELL
>at+fmdl? = RC32ACL
>at+frev? = V0.340

Contact BOCA, and request a ROM upgrade to 1.27 (or 1.28, if they have
it yet). It's free and refines many bugs in the earlier versions of
the ROCKWELL BIOS.

RTFM for the phone and fax #'s. Send me a message if you've lost your
copy and would like the numbers.


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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu (Eric Forbis )
Subject: Re: Digicom Scout+ plug and play??!
Organization: University of Minnesota
Distribution: world               
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 07:09:20 GMT

In article <prisoner00064930007180818@village.freeside.com> prisoner@village.freeside.com (The Prisoner) writes:
>forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu (Eric Forbis ) writes:
>>
>> Assuming you use the Qmodem Lite software included with the Digicom Scout+ 
>> modem (& using the Scout+ prewritten configuration), are you supposed to be 
>> able to pretty much be able to install the board and go? I haven't had any 
>> luck. After checking the modem to make sure it's set for com port 2, IRQ 3, 
>> (switches 1&3 on), I placed it in the slot where my 2400 modem had 
>> cheerfully plugged away for years. When I start QModem, it doesn't seem to 
>> be intializing the modem, though it prints a string claiming it does. There 
>> isn't an "&F" printed (or anything else), nor an OK in response, and the 
>> modem won't accept any commands. The modem is on a Zeos 386SX 20.
>> 
>> Eric Forbis      forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu
>
>   I had a problem with Qmodem-Light also.. It crashed my system when I tried to
>use its quick install for my Scout+.   So I played with it and made up my own
>init string and it worked almost perfect.  I then tried out the REAL Qmodem and
>it works perfectly!  I used the 'Digicom blah blah (v23bis)' quick install and
>it works!! ..  I dont think the modem is the problem.
>
>  prisoner

And I thought I was just tired... Qmodem- locked up on me 3 times when I 
first used it. If I remember correctly, the misbehaviour occured when I was 
tinkering with the initialization strings in the install setup; after 
defining my own string, I changed my mind and went for the prewritten Scout+ 
line-- and down it went. Don't remember what triggered the other incidents. 
I reinstalled the software after it went flakey, and haven't had any further 
problems. I don't use Qmodem often, though. Hard to believe it isn't 
mousable yet; this isn't much of an improvement over the old shareware 
version. Heck, it just might be the shareware version... What do you think 
of the pro version? 

My concerns with initialization strings, etc., were misdirected. A Zeos 
technician quickly ruled out the Scout as the source of the problems, and 
narrowed it down to either a corrupt CMOS setup (on- board serial port b not 
really disabled), or something amok with my BIOS chip. I erased the CMOS 
setup and re-entered the info; no difference. I used to have unusual 
problems with my keyboard; I'm betting the problem's with my BIOS chip, and 
will soon replace it. Never heard of this happening before, though.
---------

Eric Forbis      forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: fred@genesis.demon.co.uk (Lawrence Kirby)