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From: rabe@rama.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Ralf G. R. Bergs)
Subject: Aceex 9624 VE anyone?
Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik  /  RWTH Aachen
Date: 12 Nov 92 20:45:25 GMT

Hi, netters!

I've got an Aceex 9624VE fax-modem since a few weeks (2400 bps data,
9600 bps fax snd/rcv, V.4bis, external Version). 

I'm quite happy with it BUT since we (in Germany) always get the oldest
stuff I'm asking owners of the above mentioned modem which
ROM version they have (mine is 085 if I remember  it correctly).

Please mail since I currently don't have the time to regularly read
the news.

Thank you,

   Ralf

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phone: (+49) 22 61-2 19 68 (answ. mach.)
email: rabe@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
From: hp48sx@wupost.wustl.edu (HP48SX Archive Maintainer)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Why is Supra able to sell?
Date: 11 Nov 1992 18:54:59 -0600
Organization: Washington University in Saint Louis, MO USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: wuarchive.wustl.edu

I have had no problems with my Supra. It is just plug-n-go after some
initial fidling to learn it. Only line where I do have problems is known
to be bad. Where I worked before we disabled the 1k packets when
exchanging mail with the city in the other end of the line. Smaller
packets was better, as that gave smaller packets to resend. And that was
a 2400 baud modem.   With my Supra I have no problems at 4800 baud,
and can have a fairly good connection at 7200, but will often here also
receive a few transmit/receive errors. I have bugged the telecom with
this one.

Calling the Supra BBS in the USA (I live in Denmark) was no problem at
14400 baud. And the international lines are quite noisy, and there is a
regular click every 2 or 3 seconds on them.

Very good experience.

But it just lost the connection to the line. A phone to the modem phone
connector worked, but the modem would not see rings, and neither could
it get a dialtone.  I called Supra Germany, and got permission to send
it to them, even though I had bought it in the USA. Nice service.
-- 
Povl H. Pedersen             hp48sx@wuarchive.wustl.edu
HP48sx archive maintainer

All Opinions (C) Copyright the Intergalactic Thought Association
From: wbe@bbn.com (Winston Edmond)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ZyXEL not hanging up on DTR off
Date: 9 Nov 92 01:47:02 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc., Cambridge, MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: crystal.bbn.com
In-reply-to: tim@boxhill.com's message of Fri, 6 Nov 1992 19:02:24 GMT

tim@boxhill.com (Timothy Jones) asked:
   I've got a 1496E with 5.02 firmware, and have noticed that the modem
   sometimes doesn't hang up when DTR goes off, even though I have set &D3.
   ...  Has anyone seen similiar behavior?

I should clarify my previous post, just so to be clear on what "doesn't hang
up" means.  The modem "hangs up" in the sense that it sends the appropriate
(v.42?) "please hang up" message to the remote end, which dutifully hangs up,
ending the telephone call.  However the modem remains "off hook" at the local
end, with the CD (Carrier Detect), OH (Off hook), EC (Error correction), and
SQ (signal quality) lights lit as if it still had a valid, working
connection.  It doesn't go On Hook until I manually prod it to do so.
 -WBE
From: anibal@ee470.ee.mcgill.ca (Anibal Jodorcovsky)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: call waiting doesn't work (?)
Date: 12 Nov 92 18:07:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: sifon.1992Nov12.180748.2032
Organization: EE Lab, McGill University EE Lab, Montreal

Hi all!!!

I have an internal Supramodem 2400i modem and I am using the
call waiting feature, but it looks that when I am connected
and someone's calling the line is not lost. The Online message
(Telix) goes to Offline and the back to Online, after a few
times the Online message stays and the connection goes on
normally (if the caller gives up :-).
I know there's a flag to put in the init string to make
the modem more sensitive to noise so that it can lose carrier
when the beep from call waiting arrives.
Does anyone of you remember what was the register and a good value 
for it?

Thanks !!!

-Anibal
anibal@ee470.ee.mcgill.ca
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: alansar@ccs.northeastern.edu (Mohammad Al-Ansari)
Subject: Re: Fax Software...
Organization: College of CS, Northeastern U
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 10:42:04 GMT

In article <rpaiz.720474977@husc8> rpaiz@husc8.harvard.edu (Rodolfo Paiz) writes:
>Chris.Bradley@f374.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Bradley) writes:
>
>>WinFax Pro has trouble working with just about EVERYONE's Class 1/2 faxmodem,
>>and I'm quite surprised it's as popular as it is seeing how Intel's Faxability
>>and Alien Computing's Faxit are superior products. I have personally had very
>>bad experiences with WinFax Pro over 5 different modems (Practical, Zoom, GVC,
>>Infotel, and a Cardinal)... everything from locking the machine to it just
>>flat out not sending the fax. 
>>-->Chris 
>
>That's funny... I've had very GOOD experiences, and no problems at
>all, with WinFax Pro 2.0.  I've used a Megahertz C424FM, a Megahertz
>C596FM, and a Cardinal 2296 (fax/modems, that is) and had no problems
>at all with any of them.  Worked like a charm, and had the effect of
>making everyone drool over the received output on the other end.
>
>I don't know of any better product... and I HATE BitFax, which a
>couple of people have touted, as being a very unfriendly, very clunky,
>very clumsy excuse for fax software.  Then again, I haven't seen the
>Windows version...
>
>If anyone's got a recommendation... I'd love to hear it.  But so far
>I'm a very happy WinFax user.
>
>Rodolfo


ZSoft is coming out with a fax program called UltraFax by the end of
this month. I has received very good reviews so far and it is supposed
to be much better than WinFax Pro and all existing fax programs for
that matter. It has many more features, like direct support for
scanners, built-in OCR and automatic "spot" removal, to name a few.  It
is also very flexible in hadnling faxes and allows you to rearrange
pages, write notes on pages, etc.  I also heard that it is a lot faster
than WinFax Pro.  I have called the company, which is now part of
WordStar, and found out that they have an upgrade price for WinFax
users that's around $80. The retail price is $150 (I think).  If it
does what they say it does, I think it is very much worth it.

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From: hans@smab.se (Hans C Larsson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Supra modems only for USA ?
Date: 10 Nov 92 23:00:38 GMT
Organization: Saab Missiles AB, RLD-Gbg, Sweden

ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer) writes:

>hp48sx@wupost.wustl.edu (HP48SX Archive Maintainer) writes ...
>>BTW: What is the power requirements of this modem ? I would like to have
>>a powersupply here when the modem arrives. And a cheap powersupply is
>>cheaper than a 220V to 110V step-down transformer.

>The transformer that came with my Supra v.32bis modem puts out
>9 volts AC 600mA.

Also note that this modem (and my own Logicode on my Mac that
I use for calling the Supra at work on a Sun) have a feature where
you can adjust the signals levels for your particular TeleCom's
standards.Set S-register 37 to the desired dBm's *below* US-levels
(-10 dBm in Sweden, i.e ATS37=10).

This feature is probably common for all modems using this chip set.
-- 
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        Hans C Larsson			Email:	hans@smab.se
	Saab Missiles, Sweden		Motto:	"keep it short"
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From: bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Supra vs Zoom v32bis FaxModems
Date: 8 Nov 92 16:56:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: unixland.1992Nov8.165644.2690
Organization: Unixland Public Access Unix  (508) 655-3848

tad@ssc.com (Tad Cook) writes:

>My ZOOM VFX V.32bis works great.  Don't know how to judge "hays compatibiltiy"
>(is that like Hayes? :) , but it seems to talk well to other fast modems
>(as well as slower ones too).

But do you use it for INbound calls, or just OUTbound calls?

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
Subject: Re: FAXIT software doesn't work
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 21:04:41 GMT

klooster@mswe.dnet.ms.philips.nl writes:
>I recently bought a Novotel fax/modem card. With this card I got
>a fax program called FAXIT. When I tried to install this program
>under Windows 3.1 it did not work. The Windows part works when I don't
>load the scheduler but then I can't fax anything. When I load the
*----
I got a free copy of Faxit for Windows from Intel (with a modem).
I've never been able to send a fax with it either.
--
	Mike Berger
	Internet    berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: hpoe@nyx.cs.du.edu (Howard Poe)
Subject: Hayes Microcoupler modem.
Summary: Hayes Microcoupler modem
Keywords: modem hayes micro
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 13:00:43 GMT

I have a Hayes Microcoupler modem, by Hayes, of course.


It has no model number, and is a little plexiglas/metal box that is riveted
shut.  It has a 9 pin header connector(a 10 pin with one broken off for keying,
I assume.), and a standard modular phone jack.
Does anyone out there have a copy of the pinouts for it that they can mail me?
I need to get this thing working if I can.
Thanks...
-Howard J. Poe
hpoe@nyx.cs.du.edu
nwhoward@antelope.wcc.edu
From: pauln@nuustak.csir.co.za (Paul Nash)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: octocom
Date: 9 Nov 1992 15:07:44 +0200
Organization: Infotek, CSIR, South Africa
NNTP-Posting-Host: nuustak.csir.co.za
Keywords: modem, octocom

Thus spake dbehr@dos-lan.cs.up.ac.za (Danie Behr):

> I have read somewhere that the company that manufactures and sell octocom 
> modems are in financial trouble.  Can anyone confirm or deny this.  I am in 
> the process in buying, and would like to be sure that I am not going to end 
> up with more trouble in terms of support.

I don't know whether or not they are in trouble, but don't waste your
money.  The modems are overpriced, do not perform at all well, and the
local (SA) support is limited (to say the _very_ least).  Rather buy
almost anything else!
-- 
 Paul Nash                                   (voice) +27-12-8413050
 Network Services, CSIR Infotek                (fax) +27-12-8414109
 PO Box 395, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa    (home) paul@frcs.alt.za
From: slq56@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: ** PRACTICAL PERIPHERALS 14400FXSA **
Date: 9 Nov 92 01:27:12 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

I've got a little problem with my PP14400FXSA external modem.  Since I leave
the modem on all day for my BBS, I have to reset it on the average of 4 times
a day just so users can connect reliably.  If I don't reset it, anyone that
dials in at 9600+ bps cannot connect period.  Is this a bug in the ROM or
does it sound like a defect in the modem?  Also, when was their last update
ROM released? and what kind of bugs did it fix?  Any other information you
can provide will be seriously appreciated.  Thanks...

Frank
SLQ56@cc.usu.edu

Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser)
Subject: Re: Supra won't connect
Organization: Unixland Public Access Unix  (508) 655-3848
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 01:01:56 GMT

David_Hunter@mindlink.bc.ca (David Hunter) writes:

>I have a Supra v. 32bis external modem.  Since the ROM upgrade it has worked
>very well.  However, I recently tried to connect to a local library system

I have a downstream system who polls my system for uucp mail and usenet
news.  He has trouble connecting reliably to my Zoom V32FX units ... 
he unpredictably connects at either MNP-5 or V.42bis .. and at unpredictable
speeds.  He has much better luck connecting to my T2500's, but even with
those his Supra fails to make reliable connections.

BTW, he just upgraded to the latest PROMS.  Since upgrading, he has trouble
connecting to FAX machines he could previously connect to.

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: David_Hunter@mindlink.bc.ca (David Hunter)
Subject: Re: Overriding Backquote on Procomm Plus--Help Needed
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:42:09 GMT

> Mohamad Ali writes:
>
> Msg-ID: <1992Nov8.220749.6303@leland.Stanford.EDU>
> Posted: Sun, 8 Nov 92 22:07:49 G
>
> Org.  : DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
>
> i use procomm plus (non-windows version) and need to use
> the backquote (which is on the tilda key).  however, procomm
> traps the backquote and uses it to bring up the main menu.
>
> i cant figure out how to override this feature.  any ideas?
>
> thanks,
> mohamad.
>


You can specify a different key to activate menus in Procomm.  Go into setup
and select General Options.  I think it is option 'K' which is called 'Pull
Down Menu Key'.  It allows you to specify any key you want.  You can also
turn off pull down menus by toggling option 'J'.

David.

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| Internet : David_Hunter@mindlink.bc.ca  |  stand there!"              |
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From: sswiss@milo.NoDak.EDU (Steve Swiss)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Intel Modems
Date: 11 Nov 1992 12:20:53 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

 Well,
   It seems that NO ONE could say anything bad about this modem, the only
 mail replies I recieved where for people looking for the same info as me
 and requesting I forward it to them. It seems FIDOnet has a complete 
 conference on Intel modems, but netters can't say anything about them?
  
 The only info I got that I didn't have before was that they might try 
 allittle TOO much to get the top speed out of the line, and that they
 do NOT require a 286+ machine to use, only the software requires 286 or
 higher processing.
 
 I don't want to seem cynical, but most people flame up over the mention
 of the name Supra, Boc, ZyXel, PPI, or Zoom, but no one want to mention
 the Intel modems, must because they just work good, everytime. The other
 side of it could be that with millions of netters out there, no one uses
 the Intel because it so bad (doubtful, but possible).
 
 Oh, and to the poster who wondered if a 80186 processor on a modem is 
 overkill? My reply, if it makes it faster, more reliable, more accurate,
 and/or better in anyway without increasing costs much, there is no such
 thing as overkill! 
 
 -Steve Swiss
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Internet: sswiss@milo.nodak.edu
 Data: The Blazing Icicle BBS  (701) 839-0181
From: chinkao@edison.seas.ucla.edu (Chin C. Kao)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Help -- problem with Intel Satisfaxtion/200 faxmodem & Procomm Plus 2.01
Date: 5 Nov 92 19:21:23 GMT
Organization: SEASnet, University of California, Los Angeles

I am having problems with the Intel Satisfaxtion/200 faxmodem being used as a
data modem with Procomm Plus 2.01 and would appreciate any suggestions one 
might have.

The problem is this: I have the satisfax.sys driver loaded in config.sys and
the modem initializes fine in Procomm Plus 2.01 but during an on-line session,
frequently the text will stop scrolling by itself and unless I press the 
CAPS-LOCK key, will not continue to scroll.  I've discovered a temporary fix
for the problem but it is not very convenient.  The faxmodem requires that 
the satisfax.sys driver be loaded to initialize the faxmodem but I've found
that if I boot the computer with the driver loaded and then boot the computer
without the driver loaded the problem disappears.  If I don't use the 
satisfax.sys driver at all, the modem and fax are inoperable.  What I don't
understand is why I have to boot with the driver, then boot without the driver
in order to properly use Procomm Plus 2.01.

Thanks for any suggestions.


-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser)
Subject: Re: Help Requested -- Zoom 9600/v.32/MNP5 modem performs erratically
Organization: Unixland Public Access Unix  (508) 655-3848
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 03:20:18 GMT

ct@icarus.lis.pitt.edu (fac chris tomer) writes:

>Any advice? Suggestions? I'm wondering if there is a problem with the
>NVRAM, since the modem's behavior suggests that it may not be able to
>maintain a configuration. But I'm open to any and all suggestions,
>especially those that will work!

My advise is to locate the nearest dumpster, walk to it with your zoom
modem in hand, chuck the modem into the dumpster, and walk away without
looking back.

Sorry for the cynicism, but I've given them two triies, and there won't
be a third, barring any unforeseen circumstances.

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From: smwall@pica.army.mil (Steve Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: V.32bis modems & DOS Machines.
Date: 10 Nov 92 19:37:35 GMT
Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems
Organization: Anhedonics Anonymous

I own a Supra V.32bis modem that I regularly use with my Mac.  In about 
a week I expect I'll need to use it with a PC.  I know that I need (and
have)
a hardware handshaking modem cable with my Mac. I don't know if the 
requirements are similar for DOS, or how to recognize a DOS hardware
handshaking cable, assuming they exist and are different from the normal
25<->25 pin or 9<->25 pin DOS serial cables.

Secondly, I understand there are some serial chip limitations with DOS
machines.  Should I just set the modem to 'full speed ahead' and let it
negotiate to acceptable speed, or will I have to restrain the port settings
to keep from losing bits?

Thanks in advance, and please send me an E-Mail response to 
smwall@pica.army.mil, as my Usenet reading is sporadic at best.

Steve Wall


Steve Wall
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From: exujlg@exu.ericsson.se (Jon L. Gauthier)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Norton pcANYWHERE
Date: 9 Nov 92 21:10:00 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.
X-Disclaimer: This article was posted by a user at Ericsson.
              Any opinions expressed are strictly those of the
              user and not necessarily those of Ericsson.

In article <Bq7XTB1w165w@tcscs.UUCP> zeta%tcscs@idss.nwa.com (Gregory Youngblood) writes:

>I have an offer for Norton's pcANYWHERE 4.5 / Anti Virus 2.01....$69.90
>It says it has Windows and DOS support and some other interesting features.

>I'm wondering if anyone has seen pcANYWHERE 4.5 or used it, and can comment
>on it's abilities.   I'm seriously considering getting this, the price
>is definately right, especially with the Norton Anti Virus which I've 
>used elsewhere and felt pretty good about, but I'm curious to see how
>pcANYWHERE rates among users...

>Also, I'm interested in knowing how well (if at all) it will work under
>an OS/2 dos session.  I use OS/2 on my system, and would probably
>be using pcANYWHERE to dial another system running the host program.

>Greg


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Been using pcAnywhere 4.5 for the past 6 months or so here.  We use the
LAN version so that users at our WAN sites can run applications at our 
central LAN site without having to put up with slow 128Kb throughput.

Version 4.5 with NetBIOS connectivity works great under DOS, as does the 
dial-up module for async communications.  Very stable, the inactivity time-
out feature now works as advertised (a must for dial-up use).

Now for the bad news:  I never could get it to work under OS/2 1.3 or 2.0.
Granted, I've only tried NetBIOS and not serial support.  If you want, I can
try that before you go out and buy the package.

Regards,
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From: mlm2@crux1.cit.cornell.edu (Mark Lee Margolis)
Subject: Re: ZyXEL: Fall Forward? Yes or No?
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date:  7 Nov 92 05:03:53 GMT

rhoward@matd.gatech.edu (Robert L. Howard) writes:

>I had someone tell me that the ZyXEL modems (the 1496E specifically)
>did not support fall-forward if the line conditions improved.

>I have datasheet the implies that the modem has both fall-back and
>fall-forward.  Is this a relatively new addition or was this person
>misinformed?  (I am assuming the data sheet is correct.)

>Robert
>--
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>| do with it.  Bake it into pies, probably.  Anything to avoid creating |
The ZyXEL modems DO support fall forward AND fall back.

- Mark

A
A
>| jobs." -- Dave Barry                                                  |
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