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From: pdh@netcom.com (Phil Howard )
Subject: duplicate character still happens
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 01:01:44 GMT

I occaisionally get a duplicated character in the host output.  This can
be seen when outputting a uuencode file as one line longer than any other.
It happens sometimes as much as once every 200 lines, though more often about
every 1000 lines.  In output I know very well exactly how it should appear,
I have seen the duplicated character.  It varies in position within the
line and does not appear to be context sensitive (i.e. it has happened to
a wide range of character values).

The puzzling part is that it has happened via several mainframes connected
via a terminal server, and on a BBS system as well.  I really believe it
is not the host system doing it.  So I blamed the machine it was connected
and the modem (one of... didn't know which).

Then I got a new machine.  The old machine is an Amiga 500 and the new machine
is a Gateway 2000.  So then I just blamed the modem (since both the machine as
well as the terminal program have changed).

Well now I just got a new modem and I am STILL seeing this occur.  About
the ONLY thing that has not changed is the phone line itself (and the new
modem is V.42/V.42bis and is operating in that mode so I cannot believe
the phone line path could possible do this).  The only other common factor
I can think of is that I am doing VT100 emulation in all cases.

The one thing that does seem to affect it is the quantity of data.  If
I am outputting only a little at a time, I never see it happen.  I only
see it when I am output lots of data all at once, such as dumping a
uuencoded file to the screen, or outputting all the powers of 2 in decimal
right justified or something similarly strange.

Also, Zmodem downloads are running into errors UNLESS I use "-l 1024" on
the "sz" command line (in UNIX).  The "-l 1024" option slows things down
too much, but the errors, even though fully recovered for the file Zmodem
is sending, cause Zmodem to abandon multiple files.  No errors are happening
when I use "-l 1024".

I've changed out just about everything, and this thing is very puzzling.
I'm now using the Gateway Telepath modem with TELIX (and preparing to try
PIBTERM, PROCOMM, and QTERM to see if it happens with them).

Any ideas?
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: qualtrak@netcom.com (Qual Trak)
Subject: Re: ZyXEL voice and flow control
Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems
Keywords: ZyXEL voice flow control
Organization: QualTrak Corporation
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:04:10 GMT

In article <C0Goy4.8A0@cs.psu.edu> fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) writes:
>In article <C0GHIz.MoJ@wsrcc.com> wolfgang@wsrcc.com (Wolfgang S. Rupprecht) writes:
>|Having to deal with software flow control forces one to write fairly
>|inefficient code.  One can't just do a single "write(buffer, 1024)"
>|and be done with it.
>
>Hardly; XON/XOFF is the TTY driver's job.  Set IXON, and feel free to write
>gobs and gobs of data and let the TTY driver worry about flow control.
>

Reference Article <2B4AF74B.602A@telly.on.ca> gvb@telly.on.ca (George VandeBunte)


>>1.) Proper RTS/CTS flowcontrol in voice mode
 
<<This would be OK, however the current method is not unreasonable
<<and should not inhibit you from developing your voice application.
 
<<When one is sending voice, it is prudent to read information from
<<the DCE (modem) since the modem will be decoding the DTMF buttons pushed.
<<The information is shielded by <dle>.  Thus a program should look
<<for <dle> shielded xoff, xon, 0, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,#,*,c(t-30 signal),
<<b(busy),
<<or <etx>, VCON.  This is one of the nice features of the voice, that
<<you can be decoding DTMF information both on sending and receiving
<<voice.   
<<In summary, the program should already be looking for characters, so
<<it can also look for xoff, and if your style of programming is to write
<<modular code to handle this DCE communication, it shouldn't be too
<<difficult to put in a pause xoff/xon.
 
Pray tell me where I can find a tty driver that can look for "dle
shielded" xon xoff sequences.

>Of course, if you're on an operating system without a TTY driver, then yes,
>you have to do it yourself.

Thus I think your above statement is exactly backwards ( at least as far
as msdos would be concerned since you have already had to write the ISR
routines to handle tty you might as well but a little more state
information in the xon/xoff detection parts of the ISR's.

>
>|I don't see how any person could claim that byte-at-time writes with
>|intervening reads are "reasonable".
>
>Since this is only necessary under an unreasonable operating system anyway,
>I don't see the problem.
>
>  Bill
-----                                                              -----
John Birchfield - QualTrak Corp (408) 730-2674 Home (408) 736-3852
jb@QualTrak.COM
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From: davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Init strings for Digicom Scout Plus
Date: 9 Jan 93 00:07:43 GMT

sylve_ge@jaflrn.UUCP (Gerald Sylvester) writes:
 
>I am going to purchase a Digicom Scout Plus (external) in the next couple
>of days.  I was wondering what are common init strings for the modem
>as well as common settings for the communications software (I'm using
>Telix 3.20).  Thanks.

I'm running a Scout+ (external) with Telix 3.20 and it didn't
require any init string to CONNECT; it worked right out of the box
at port speed of 38,400 BPS to give max CONNECT and error correction
and compression. 

However, I didn't want it to try and answer the phone so I gave it
S0=0 (default is S0=2), and I like to see the details of a CONNECT
so I gave it *M2 (default is *M1) as in the following:

  AT &F S0=0 *M1 &W

Easy huh.

Dave

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,biz.comp.telebit
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Class 2 FAX modem AT commands documentation (Re: Telebit FAX upgrade)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:53:11 GMT
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <C0Jout.43t@telebit.com> ronal@telebit.com (Ronal Thompson) writes:
>But, did you call Telebit customer service and tell them that you are
>a developer of fax software and ask for the Developers agreement?

Why should I need a Developers agreement just to get proper documentation
on my own modem?  Will Telebit stop shipping manuals entirely to people
who don't sign such agreements?  After all, the logical conclusion of
this line of argument is that only people developing communications
software need to know what *any* of the S-registers do...

What, precisely, does the Developers agreement entail?
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Subject: Ns16550AFN ISA card source
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 18:04:10 GMT
Reply-To: rjn@csn.org
Organization: Fort Collins, Colorado
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.8 PL6]

JDR Microdevice, San Jose (800) 538-5000 offers a card made by Modular
Circuit Technology (Taiwan) for $89.

The "MCT-AIO+" sports two COM ports with socketed Ns 16550AFN chips, a
parallel port and a game port, all configurable/defeatable.

The card has a 9-pin serial port and 25-pin parallel, includes a ribbon
cable and 25-pin cover plate for the second serial port, and supplies a
ribbon cable and connector for the game port.

I haven't tried it out yet, as I am still working out my IRQ situation.
Getting the 16-byte FIFOs turned on (and getting them to stay on under
Windows and apps like Procomm) remains in the future.

Regards,                                              1001A East Harmony Road
Bob Niland      Internet: rjn@csn.org                 Suite 503
                CompuServe : 71044,2124               Fort Collins CO 80525
From: jim@n5ial.mythical.com (Jim Graham)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Can I upgrade a 16450 uart to a 16550a? 
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 09:42:37 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Me? Organized? Hah! :-)

In article <3602@aegis.or.jp> davidg@aegis.or.jp writes:

> [I wrote]:

>> In article <1993Jan7.152939.28987@wam.umd.edu> joel@wam.umd.edu writes:
>
>>> I was almost sure Dell would have put a good uart in the
>>> machine, but it turns out it's only a 16450.
>>>
>>> Is it possible to upgrade the 16450 to a 16550a?
>
>> yes.  they are pin-compatible, provided that you replace it with the
>> same package...e.g., replace DIP (16550AN or 16550AFN) with DIP, etc.

> But in the case of the Dell 325D, the "16450" isn't a separate chip;
> it's part of VLSI which is soldered in place. In such cases you have
> to add a card with the new chips on it.

if that's the case, you're right.  however, the original post said that
the chip in question is a 16450, not a 16450 clone on a multi-port card.
that's what I responded to.

> Sorry, but the ignorance is on your side. The Dell 325D does in fact
> have a VLSI. I would say the trouble with the person at Dell was they
> assumed you were computer literate :-)

computer literate?  let's see, the original poster says that the serial
port has a 16450 UART in it, and wants to know if it can be replaced
with a 16550.  notice that he doesn't say the chip is a clone of a
16450, along with a bunch of other stuff rolled in --- he says it's a
16450, period.  if you look at a chip that's labelled xx16450 (where
xx are the vendor's initials), well, it seems pretty straightforward to
me that it's somebody's 16450....

based on that information (which appears to have been incorrect to begin
with), my statements were correct --- it can be directly replaced with a
16550.  of course, that assumes that the app-notes and specs from
National Semiconductor are correct.  :-)  and it also assumes that I
wasn't dreaming when I replaced a few 16450s with 16550s a while back.

btw, just as a bit of nit-picking, replacing one chip with another
isn't so much a question of being computer literate as it is a matter
of being HARDWARE literate.  just so happens that some of us are both
(after all, when designing and/or interfacing with the hardware, it's
often hard these days to draw the line between where the hardware stops
and the software begins).  but this question (``Is it possible to
upgrade the 16450 to a 16550a?'') is purely a hardware question, not
a software question.

gotta run.  sooner or later, I'm going to find time to get some sleep
(maybe...if I don't lose the hard drive's data again....).
   --jim

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From: st1r8@elroy.uh.edu (Guillot, Burt J.)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: USR DEAL??? Is this valid???
Date: 10 Jan 1993 21:18 CST
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: elroy.uh.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

In article <C0nuuq.F0I@panix.com>, quix@panix.com (George Papadopoulos) writes...
>	I found the following text capture on a local bulletin board. Can
>anyone tell me if this is valid or not? Can anyone in the Houston area
>check up on this company 'USR Digital Marketing'. Selling a $700 modem
>for $180 is too good to be true. I guess this note is from some Fidonet 
>echo or something. Here's the text....
> 
>[From    ] Philip Gladwin
>[To      ] Dirk Ammala
>[Date    ] 06 Jan 93  16:44:00
>[Subject ] Re: Modems
>U.S.  ROBOTICS DIGITAL MARKETING CORPORATION ANNOUNCES SALE ON
>U.S.  ROBOTICS 14.4K DUAL STANDARD (HST/V.32) WITH V.32 BIS/V.42
>BIS AND 14.4K BUILT-IN FAX MACHINE.  THIS MODEM, AS A DUAL
>STANDARD, IS BOTH HAYES COMPATIBLE AND AN HST SIMULTANEOUSLY.
>THE LOWEST PRICE EVER ON THE NEW MODEM IS $180.00 PLUS $7.00
>SHIPPING AND HANDLING FOR EACH MODEM.  ALLOW 3 TO 4 WEEKS FOR
>SHIPPING AND HANDLING.  BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ARE SAME
>PRICE.  PLEASE SEND PREFERABLY CHECK, CASH, OR MONEY ORDER (TOTAL
>OF $187.00 PER MODEM) WITH THE FOLLOWING FORM FILLED OUT (PRINT
>THIS FORM OUT AND EITHER PRINT NEATLY OR TYPE YOUR INFORMATION

A user from my BBS entered this message in one of the TexasNet conferences.
His name was Luke Rao.  I checked his phone number in my user file and it
was not a valid number.  He hasn't called back since, so I haven't been
able to chat with him about it.  I looked for USR Digital Marketing in the
Houston White Pages, but couldn't find anything.  I really don't know
if this is legit or not, but it sounds like a scam to me.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: rsm@world.std.com (Robert Marlan)
Subject: Re: USR DEAL??? Is this valid???
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 01:04:35 GMT

quix@panix.com (George Papadopoulos) writes:

>	I found the following text capture on a local bulletin board. Can
>anyone tell me if this is valid or not? Can anyone in the Houston area
>check up on this company 'USR Digital Marketing'. Selling a $700 modem
>for $180 is too good to be true. I guess this note is from some Fidonet 
>echo or something. Here's the text....


>---------->8    CUT HERE    8<-----------------
>[From    ] Philip Gladwin
>[To      ] Dirk Ammala
>[Date    ] 06 Jan 93  16:44:00
>[Subject ] Re: Modems

>MA> Does anyone have any information on whats the best high speed modem for
>DA> the
>MA> Amiga?  I`m think of getting a 14.4 Supra, but the Supra seem to have a
>DA> lot
>MA> of problems.
>DA> The best modem you could buy for your Amiga would be a USR Courier Dual
>DA> Standar
>DA> Be prepared to pay for it though.
>DA> -=Dirk=-.
>DA> ___
>DA>  * KWQ/2 1.0*2 *
>DA> -!- WM v2.06/92-0347
>DA>  ! Origin: The Waynesville BBS (314) 774-2736/3122 (1:14/610)

>U.S.  ROBOTICS DIGITAL MARKETING CORPORATION ANNOUNCES SALE ON
>U.S.  ROBOTICS 14.4K DUAL STANDARD (HST/V.32) WITH V.32 BIS/V.42
>BIS AND 14.4K BUILT-IN FAX MACHINE.  THIS MODEM, AS A DUAL
>STANDARD, IS BOTH HAYES COMPATIBLE AND AN HST SIMULTANEOUSLY.
>THE LOWEST PRICE EVER ON THE NEW MODEM IS $180.00 PLUS $7.00
>SHIPPING AND HANDLING FOR EACH MODEM.  ALLOW 3 TO 4 WEEKS FOR
>SHIPPING AND HANDLING.  BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ARE SAME
>PRICE.  PLEASE SEND PREFERABLY CHECK, CASH, OR MONEY ORDER (TOTAL
>OF $187.00 PER MODEM) WITH THE FOLLOWING FORM FILLED OUT (PRINT
>THIS FORM OUT AND EITHER PRINT NEATLY OR TYPE YOUR INFORMATION
>PLEASE):

>___ INTERNAL    OR    ___ EXTERNAL

>FULL NAME__________________________________________

>ADDRESS LINE 1__________________________________________

>ADDRESS LINE 2__________________________________________

>PHONE # (W/AREA CODE)   ___-___-____

>QUANTITY OF MODEMSSHIPPING &
>BEING PURCHASED_______ ($180.00 EACH) + HANDLING  ____ ($7 EACH)

>GRAND TOTAL    _________ ($187.00 FOR EACH MODEM; PLEASE CALCULATE TOTAL)

>FULL 90 DAY MONEY-BACK RISK-FREE GUARANTEE.
>MAKE SURE THAT THE PRINTING IS LEGIBLE IF IT IS NOT TYPED.  NOTE:
>THIS SALE GUARANTEES MODEM FUNCTION AND WARRANTY FOR 5 YEARS.
>THE SALE IS THE LOWEST SINCE THE HISTORY OF THE DUAL STANDARD.
>PLEASE SEND THE FORM YOU FILLED OUT WITH THE APPROPRIATE MONEY
>AMOUNT TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:

>USR DIGITAL MARKETING, INC.
>16335 NORTH TRAIL DR.
>HOUSTON, TX  77073
>P.U.B. BOX 004

> * Q-Blue v0.7 [NR] *
>--- GrayQWKMail 2.0
> * Origin: The DogStar BBS Sault Ste. Marie,ON USR/DS/OS2 Node 1 (1:222/10)


>--------
sounds very suspicous - USR is located in ILL, although some companies have
marketing places in other regions.  I note that there is no phone #
Ill call usr but I know they are going to laugh.  I think this is probably
either a hoax or frank fraud - but thats just a guess.

if it sounds to good to be true it probably isnt true, but if it is..
sign me up :)

bob




Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: clau@acs.ucalgary.ca (Christopher Lau)
Subject: Re: Can I upgrade a 16450 uart to a 16550a?
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 03:28:18 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

carlos@carlos writes:
> In <1993Jan7.152939.28987@wam.umd.edu> joel@wam.umd.edu (Joel M. Hoffman) writes:
> 
> >I just purchased a high speed modem (14.4K from Boca) for my Dell
> >325D.  I was almost sure Dell would have put a good uart in the
> >machine, but it turns out it's only a 16450.  Naturally, I'm losing
> >char.s with high-speed transfers, especially with a loaded machine
> 
> >Is it possible to upgrade the 16450 to a 16550a?  (I assume that will
> >help the problem; correct me if I'm wrong.)  

No, you can't change the chip characteristics..  you CAN replace the 16450
with a 16550 though...  

> 
> If its an external model, add a new serial card with a 16550.
> 
> >[I tried asking the representative a Dell, but, when he answer my
> >question of "What kind of uart is in the machine" with "You have a
> >VLSI chip," I gave up.]
> 
> Call again, and find someone there who knows what they are talking
> about. If not keep on asking for a supervisor or someone in charge.
> 

No, the rep knew what he was talking about..  the serial is on one of those
multi-i/o cards- he doesn't actually HAVE a 16450 UART, he has an ASIC
with circuitry that emulates a 16450...  so, if he wants a 16550, the only
way to go is to get an internal modem with a 16550 built in or get another
serial card with 16550s.

c4
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From: jvl@redorc.chi.il.us (System Operator)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Gp-Fax version for ZyXel/Amiga
Date: 5 Jan 93 12:00:39 CST
Organization: Red Oracle Bbs/Network

In article <1992Dec30.002858.6062@lth.se>, d87mt@efd.lth.se (Magnus Thelander)
writes:t
>   GPFax generic (_not_ Supra) for Class 2 already supports faxing with
>ZyXEL modems.
>
>Magnus
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>Spoleg. 13 208B    # Internet: d87mt@efd.lth.se   # who has everything
>S-222 20  Lund     # Fido:     2:203/602.18       # and wants to share

I know this... i was intrested in a rumor i have heard from several reliable
source that the company was working WITH gp-fax makers to make a version with
direct fax compatability with zyxel and voice mail functions.

I have all these features, and can't use them. (i would like to activate the
silent answer and answering machine funtions so i can use my system number as a
dual voice/data line)

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From: frevel@medis.klinikum.uni-kiel.dbp.de
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: (none)
Date: 8 Jan 93 14:04:08 GMT
Organization: The Internet

Hello,
I want to know if it is possible to increase the speed of a modem
through exchanging some IC's on the board. I have a Discovery 1200 CK
with two IC's named SC11014CN (24 pins) and SC11008CN (28 pins).
Which IC's do I need or is more to do ?
Thanks in advance,
Hans-Juergen        E-mail: frevel@medis.klinikum.uni-kiel.dbp.de

Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: sfrazier@norstan.com (Superuser)
Subject: Re: A Telebit FAX upgrade FLAME (Was: "Re: WB Fax Upgrade")
Organization: Norstan Communications - Columbus, Ohio
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 00:25:50 GMT
Keywords: Telebit  FAX  documentation

In article <1993Jan6.225205.19459@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> earle@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Greg Earle - Gainfully Unemployed) writes:
>In article <C0GDz3.CFo@news.rn.com> larry@news.rn.com (Larry Snyder) 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?
>
>No, it's an "Internationally recognized standard for serial automatic call
>originating and answering" (straight from the aforementioned Addendum).
>
>In other words, an alternate to the Hayes "AT" command set.  Probably used
>mainly for/with IBM's, since they have to do everything different anyway (-:
>
>--
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It's also used with X.25 PADS to dialup an X.25 switch.


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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu (Eric Forbis )
Subject: Re: Digicom Scout+ problems & Gateway
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 07:19:51 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.103905.20759@yang.earlham.edu> markp@cranham.cc.earlham.edu (Mark Pearson) writes:

>By the way, has anyone tried using Dialslip on a Gateway? I have found that it  
>just doesn't retreive the IP number from the Slip server at all. I'm not sure  
>whether this is a problem with Dialslip or the Gateway's serial port.

That's happening at our site now, too-- I don't think it's related to your 
computer. Probably a new version of the SLIP server software out or 
something; is there an administrator out there? 

I miss having the IP data. I wonder if the default.slp file can be modified 
to prompt for the data? 
---------

Eric Forbis      forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: mckeeveb@monashee.sfu.ca (Gumby - The unknown user)
Subject: Re: Source for ZyXEL modems?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 07:47:14 GMT

cc935@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gerrold T. Sithe) writes:

>In a previous article, jeffz@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (JeffZ) says:
>
>>Could someone tell me where to find the best deal on a ZyXEL 1496s series 
>>modem?  I would love to have one, new or used... any suggestions?
>
>        I can't believe it.  If I see this question one more time I'll
>barf.  What more this question is answered on a weekly basis.  Hell,
>some guy writes a FAQ dedicated to answering this question and this question
>alone.

*Sigh*  Is it time for me to post a new version of it? (with an better
expiry date on it) (This FAQ keeps getting more and more relavent information
each time... :-) )

>minute any old question comes to me.  Hey, guys, how do I find out what
>version roms I have?

Type 'ATI0' for the ROM version string.  There is also a CLASS2 command
that tells you this very same info.

The format is:

U1496E  V 5.04f P
  ^        ^    ^
Modem   ROM     Indicates a PLUS model modem
model Revision

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