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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: 40% Discount of ZyXELs
From: yuan1@husc10.harvard.edu (Nina Yuan)
Date: 9 Oct 92 18:27:33 GMT
 <tuc.718501216@cs.wisc.edu> <1992Oct8.135654.15222@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>

hm002b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (hasit mehta) writes:

>Well I uploaded the program ANSIMouse to the ZyXEL support BBS it is in
>section (#4?) the video section it is a SEA archive so every mac user should
>be able to get it and use it. I hope this helps.

OK, this may be a silly question, but what's the easiest way to create
ANSI screens on an IBM?  Is there a simple drawing program that does it?

-nhy

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From: lon@edsi.plexus.COM (Lon Ponschock)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Question on Display in Prac. Periph 14400FXSA ext. modem
Summary: Request List of Status messages on PPI 14400FXSA
Keywords: PPI 14400FXSA
Date: 10 Oct 92 17:35:41 GMT
Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI


Can anyone provide a list of the messages displayed on the
Practical Peripherals PM 14400FXSA modem Fax?

I am particularly interested in the status display during a fall
forward or fall back data transmission speed change.

I have read much about this product, but have seen nothing on 
this kind of specific feature in review or on the net.

Your experiences with this product are appreciated.

Forward mail or post public as I read this group regularly.

I will post a summary if there is interest.

Thanks  :-)
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: bgoffe@seq.uncwil.edu (Bill Goffe)
Subject: SLIP or PPP Info?
Organization: Univ. of North Carolina @ Wilmington
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 17:50:01 GMT

I'm looking for information on how to connect two PC's running DOS
with SLIP or PPP. One of the PC's (the one in my office) currently
runs TCP/IP and is on the Internet. I'd like to add that capability
to my home PC w/ a serial line.

However, I've looked around some and haven't been able to find much
information. I wasn't able to find anything that looked useful in
the archive of FAQ's at pit-manager.mit.edu. Further, I'm not sure
where to look for something in paper form. Any and all pointers
to any source would be greatly appreciated.

Oh - in case you're wondering why I'd like to to this, my university
only offers 2400bps dial in service which is quite congested w/ a
number of users. With this setup, I hope to bypass the congestion
and get a much faster interface.

Bill Goffe
bgoffe@seq.uncwil.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner)
Subject: Re: ZyXEL 16800bps?
Organization: Penn State Computer Science
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 06:13:52 GMT

In article <kmeyer.0ag4@amiganet.chi.il.us> kmeyer@amiganet.chi.il.us (Karl Meyer) writes:
|The 16.8k baud rate on a Zycel only works with another Zycel. It's a
|proprietary protocol just like the USR HST.

Well, ZyXEL's 16.8 is only proprietary because nobody else has implemented it
yet.  USR's 16.8 is proprietary because they won't tell anyone else how to do
it.

Plus, USR's 16.8 is asymetrical; you get something like 600bps the other way.
ZyXEL's 16.8 is symmetrical; you get the full throughput in both directions.

  Bill
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: MNP5 with WorldBlazer
Organization: The Gator Conferencing System 219-289-3745 
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 20:28:42 GMT

pascoe@rocky.gte.com (Dave Pascoe) writes:

>I'm having problems with users who are trying to dial in to a
>WorldBlazer with 2400 baud MNP-5 capable modems.  It seems that the

I've had some strange problems calling into my WB using
a Hayes V series modem at 2400 baud.  1 out of 5 attempts would
result in no connection being made. 



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From: hansel@convex.com (Kevin Hansel)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: 'Serial of Champions' modem utility for Macintosh
Date: 13 Oct 92 19:12:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: convex.1992Oct13.191202.13234
Distribution: usa
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

The latest issue of MacUser (Nov 92) contains a comparison
test of several V.32bis modems.  On page 184, they mention
that a free utility called 'Serial of Champions' is available
in the ZiffNet/Mac forum of CompuServe.  This utility monitors
a modem's performance and provides numerical and graphical
analysis of throughput.

Has anyone out there obtained 'Serial of Champions' yet?  I
don't have (or know anyone who does) a Compuserve account
and would *really* appreciate it if someone would send me
a copy.  MacUser claims the utility is free, but they do
say that it is available only on ZiffNet/Mac.

Thanks in advance!

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From: aaron@spectrx.saigon.com (Aaron Anderer - System)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: UUCP connect Worldblazer<-->Supra
Date: 14 Oct 92 02:53:27 GMT
Organization: SPECTROX SYSTEMS (408)252-1005 Silicon Valley, Ca

I have a uucp connection to a system with a worldblazer (I have the supra,
rom rev 1.200-H).  I get like 700-900cps with this connect, but with other
v.32bis systems I get 1200cps with UUCP.  Does anyone have a setup like
this?  If so please mail me with your nvram settings.  thanks

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SPECTROX SYSTEMS +1 408 252 1005              szebra!spectrx!aaron
From: tnixon@hayes.com
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Call display with Modems
Date: 13 Oct 92 01:12:20 EDT
Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA

In article <1992Oct11.145705.5180@hp1.holl.com>, dave@hp1.holl.com
(David Vrona) writes: 

>>It can't be done with a 1200 bps modem for the simple reason that a 
>>normal modem will try to do all the normal handshaking up front.  You
>>need a CNID box.  If your area supports CNID, you shouldn't have any
>>trouble finding one at Rat Shack.
> 
> You are DEAD WRONG.  It can be done.  I've seen the instructions for doing
> it.  I've seen a friend do it.

I am continually amazed at the way some people on the net seem to 
believe that if they very emphatically state incorrect information, 
that it then becomes correct.  Such is clearly the case here.

David, you may have seen something (a simulation?), but it was NOT a 
Bell 212 or CCITT V.22 modem delivering Caller-ID data to a DTE. 
Without very special equipment that is not in normal modems, you
cannot receive without going "off-hook" -- and as soon as you do so,
the Caller-Id signalling is disrupted.  Also, Bell 212 calls for a
very specific handshake procedure which is not performed by
Caller-Id.  Finally, the Bell 212 signal is Differential Phase Shift
Keyed, while the Bell 202 signal used for Caller ID is Frequency
Shift Keyed. They're quite different, and completely incompatible. 

Then again, perhaps you're aware of some black magic unknown to the 
rest of the modem industry.  Unless you're protecting it under 
intellectual property laws, would you care to share it with us?

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P.O. Box 105203                     | BBS     +1-404-446-6336  AT&T    !tnixon
Atlanta, Georgia  30348             | UUCP uunet!hayes!tnixon  Fido   1:114/15
USA                                 | Internet                tnixon@hayes.com
From: birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Waiting for "bong"
Date: 17 Oct 92 02:44:10 GMT
Organization: Screaming in Digital, the Queensryche Net Digest

jws@fc.hp.com (John Schmidt) writes:

>I'm told that the PP14400 modem can wait for the credit card "bong" tone in
>a dial command by using the "$" code. Does anyone know of other V.32 or
>V.32bis modems that are capable of doing this?

I suspect modems manufactured by Hayes would be capable of it, as Practical
Peripherals is [or so I have heard] a sub-company of Hayes [sort of their
"low-cost, high value" line, I guess?].

-Shag
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From: edhall@rand.org (Ed Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Hacking USR ROMS [4.2 - 4.1]
Date: 13 Oct 92 17:37:34 GMT
Organization: RAND

In article <Bw2FJq.n4t@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan) writes:
>I hack on electronic things I buy all the time. I have a Radio Shaft
>scanner. When I bought it, it had portions of the 800MHz band locked
>out. I went in and modified it so that it could receive the full 800MHz
>band. Others have modified theirs to add more channels, extra bands, and
>even an interface to allow computer control of the receiver. Is this
>illegal? Hardly.

Unfortunately, you're wrong.  Modifying your scanner to receive this
frequency band (used by celular telephones) is a federal crime.

A lot of people think that this kind of "legislated privacy" is
an unenforceable infringement of your electronic rights.  If you
feel that way, (or stongly disagree), I suggest you take it up in
an appropriate forum.  It doesn't belong in comp.dcom.modems; I'm
posting this for informational purposes only.

		-Ed Hall
		edhall@rand.org
From: bernier@CAM.ORG (Patrick Bernier)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: If anyone bought an USR DS via sysop program...
Keywords: usr ds sysop
Date: 8 Oct 92 04:34:41 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Communications Accessibles Montreal, Quebec Canada

I'ld like to buy a USR HST DS 16.8k modem via USR's sysop discount
program. Before doing so, however, I'ld like know the opinions of anybody
who already did so, and get more information about it.

Thanks...

 -/ Patrick Bernier aka The New Machine   Fido 1:167/209 \-
-( SysOp of Thunder Zone    *   Internet: bernier@cam.org )-
 -\ My PGP public key is available via Internet "finger" /-

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From: pdivine@unixg.ubc.ca (Patrick Devine)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Zoltrix Standard S/R Fax
Date: 13 Oct 1992 18:26:28 GMT
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca

I am curious as to how good the Zoltrix Standard S/R Fax modem compares to
other send/recieve fax modems.  Here in Vancouver, Zoltrix Fax modems are
as cheap as buying similiar 2400 baud modems without fax capabilities
(~CAN $75-90).  But is it worth it?  How well does the fax operate?  I
have only used this type of fax modem once, and have no basis for
comparison.  Would it be worth the extra money to have a 14.4 fax modem
instead of a 9600 baud one?

Is there any index where one could measure the differences between fax modems?

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: panizo@riogrande.cs.tcu.edu (Maria Panizo)
Subject: Re: Hacking USR ROMS [4.2 - 4.1]
Keywords: Supervisors.ROM.Hacks
Organization: Texas Christian University
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 20:09:07 GMT

In article <Bvto06.wE@gator.rn.com> larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
>
>Is it wrong to modify your videocipher II TVRO descrambler to receive
>programming via satellite for which you don't subscibe to?  
>
>The programmers say it is illegal.  I say it is if for profit, but not
>for personal use.
>

Oh come on, that's not even _remotely_ the same thing.

There's a big difference between pirating satellite transmissions and taking
advantage of an undocumented feature in a piece of hardware.

Hacking a modem doesn't involve receiving copyrighted material others are
paying for the rights to view.

I agree with greg andrews -- are you on the USR payroll?

MP


Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.misc.forsale
From: lindh@uhasun.hartford.edu (Andrew Lindh)
Subject: Any news about BFJ? Getting money back?
Organization: The University of Hartford
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 00:18:24 GMT
X-Posted-From: alpha.hartford.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu



I had an order in for a modem with BFJ, I also know several other
people also had a pending order when BFJ went under.

How may other people are in the same boat? What have you done?
Any more information? Ideas?

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Xref: sparky comp.dcom.modems:15168 comp.sys.sun.admin:7296
From: bender@oobleck (Duke of Canterbury)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: Telebit T3000 and Suns
Date: 15 Oct 92 20:26:48 GMT
Reply-To: bender@oobleck.eng.sun.com
Organization: SPARK's R US
NNTP-Posting-Host: oobleck
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

root@kilowatt.uucp (Kilowatt admin) writes:
: >Version 1.0 of SPARC MICROCODE?  Sun doesn't update microcode, you're
: >probably referring to the boot PROM.  However, the boot PROM has nothing to
: >do with whether or not the Sun serial driver for the zs (tty[ab]) ports
: >implement RTS flow control.  Please don't post stuff that you know nothing
: >about as "fact".
:
: 	Sorry if this is not a "fact" but I did qualify my statement!!!
: I meant BOOT PROM... A friend has been working with Sun Sparc I's II's IPC's,
: et al for about 4 years now. He has seen numerous problems with EARLY SUN's
: usually exhibiting version 1.x of the BOOT PROM! Seems to me, this would be
: the place to see serial port interface subroutines (BIOS-like). Else, why
: have an EEPROM, UNIX should be able to take care of it all, eh?

Nope, the serial driver handles the serial ports, and doesn't use the boot
PROM for any code once the system is up and running (exceptions are of
course if you break into the PROM monitor, no UNIX serial driver is running
since UNIX isn't running).  What problems was your friend seeing?

: 	Does the serial driver communicate directly with the serial ports?

Yes.

: Or does it call stuff in the boot prom?

No

: Also, does the Sun even USE any
: microcode? It's a RISC chipset... that implies NO microcode. That's the
: benefit of RISC, isn't it?

No, yes, yes,yes.

: 	Like I said, I have no idea why Suns SEEM to be bad with serial ports.

Crappy serial port chips with little buffering and no DMA.  Serial ports have
always been given short shrift at Sun for some reason.  Hopefully things are
changing.

: It may be SunOS, it may be the hardware design, it may be the BOOT PROM. All
: I know is that a Sparc I can't keep up with a 486-33 running SVR4.

I'm not surprised - you're probably either using an intellegent serial port
card or one of the 16550-UART variants with 16 bytes of FIFO, right?

mike

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: andrew@calvin.dgbt.doc.ca (Andrew Patrick)
Subject: Answering both high-speed and low-speed calls on a Sun
Summary: how to configure for this
Organization: Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 17:16:00 GMT


I am trying to set-up a ATI "9600 etc/e" modem on a SPARCstation 1+ to
take incoming calls.  This is a Canadian external modem that does:

   300-9600 baud
   V.22
   V.22bis
   V.32
   V.42
   MNP 2-4
   V.42bis
   MNP 5
   
The calls originate from either another identical modem, or an old
Supra 2400.  I have things mostly working -- the problem is with the
2400 baud calls.  The high-speed calls work fine, even full V42.bis
connections.

When a 2400 baud call is made, the modems connect fine and I can
login.  The problem is that some characters are garbled, particularly
after a large block of characters have been sent (e.g., at the end of a
long "ls -l" listing or at the end of a page of news from "rn").

I have the modem locked (at&B1) to 19.2K baud on the Sun end.  (This
should be 38.4K do get the best throughput, but my version of kermit
that I use on the Sun to program the modem only goes to 19.2K.)  The
entry in the ttytab file is:

   ttyb "/usr/etc/getty 19200-baud" dialup on modem 

I have tried unlocking the modem line speed and letting it change with
the connection speed, and set-up the "Fast-Dial" entries in
/etc/gettytab appropriately:

   D38400|Fast-Dial-38400:\
      :nx=D19200:tc=38400-baud:
   D19200|Fast-Dial-19200:\
      :nx=D9600:tc=19200-baud:
   D9600|Fast-Dial-9600:\
      :nx=D4800:tc=9600-baud:
   D4800|Fast-Dial-4800:\
      :nx=D2400:tc=4800-baud:
   D2400|Fast-Dial-2400:\
      :nx=D1200:tc=2400-baud:
   3|D1200|Fast-Dial-1200:\
      :nx=D300:fd@:tc=1200-baud:
   5|D300|Fast-Dial-300:\
      :nx=D38400:tc=300-baud:
   
Now I have difficulty getting a clean prompt when I cycle to 2400 baud
by sending BREAK characters, and if I make the connection the 2400 baud
connections look fine, but I can't make a high-speed connection after a
low-one.

Does anyone have any tips on how to do the setup for this
configuration.

Here is other information that may be relevant:

Eeprom settings:

   ttyb-mode=19200,7,e,1,h
   ttyb-rts-dtr-off=false
   ttyb-ignore-cd=false

Modem settings:

B1 E0 L2 M1 N1 P Q1 V1 W1 X4 Y0 
&B1 &C1 &D3 &E1 &G0 &I0 &J0 &K3 &L0 &N1 &O1 &P0 &Q6 &R0 &S1 &T4 &T10
&U1 &X0 S00=001 S06=002 S07=030 S08=002 S09=006 S10=014 S11=095 S12=050
S18=000 S25=005 S26=001 S36=001 S37=000 S38=020 S40=000

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From: fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ZyXEL 16.8K: Are the specs Public Domain?
Date: 10 Oct 92 01:52:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Penn State Computer Science

In article <9OCT199214330908@rosie.uh.edu> st1r8@rosie.uh.edu (Guillot, Burt J.) writes:
|Do you (or anyone from Zyxel) know who I need to tell Supra to contact
|about this?

They can probably talk to Gordon Yang at 1-800-255-4101.

|Are they making the information available freely, or do they want a royality
|on every modem, etc.

I haven't seen anything explicitly stated, but I'm pretty sure that they're
giving it away.  Like, as in, free.

  Bill
From: terry.walter@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Terry Walter) 
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: USR
Date: 13 Oct 92 03:34:00 GMT
Reply-To: terry.walter@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Terry Walter) 
Distribution: world
Organization: Outland BBS-UUCP

How do I turn off my CRC 32 error correction on the USR DS 14.4K ASL
modem.  I want to use CRC 16 instead.  help.
              
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: qualtrak@netcom.com (Qual Trak)
Subject: ZyXEL - U-1496E v5.01 Roms & 16800 ?
Keywords: ZyXEL U-1496E 168800
Reply-To: jb@QualTrak.COM
Organization: QualTrak Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 07:47:19 GMT

I recently upgraded my U-1496E from rom version 4.06F to 5.01M. I
thought that I could now connect at 16800 to another ZyXEL modem so I
called the BBS at (714) 693-0808.

The only real change to the stock configuration was setting &N from &N0
to &N35.

I only got a 14400 connection.  I know I'm being picky 2400 bps is 2400
bps.  What am I doing wrong?  Did I upgrade roms too soon? doe the 1496E
not handle 16800? Enquiring minds (at least this one) want to know.

Thanks...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
John Birchfield - QualTrak Corp (408) 730-2674 Home (408) 736-3852
jb@QualTrak.COM
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From:  Dmitry Slobodjanikov <sdb@infos.msk.su>
Subject: High-speed FaxModems information needed
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 21:10:04 GMT
Reply-To: sdb@infos.msk.su
Organization: InfoSoft (Echo2News)

I need an information about high-speed faxmodems (with specifications), 
producers, dealers, ...
    If anyone can help me, please, send me a message to "sdb@infos.msk.su".

    Thanks!
                                   Sincerely Yours,
                                            Dmitry Slobodjanikov



  -= Dmitry Slobodianikov, InfoSoft Corporation, sdb@infos.msk.su =-


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From: Dave Caulkins <dcaulkins@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Date: 15 Oct 92 08:23 PDT
Subject: Re: What modem is THIS!!!
Nf-ID: #R:1992Oct14.220654.13267@samba.oit:-721888834:cdp:1346000029:000:30
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!dcaulkins    Oct 15 08:23:00 1992


Sounds very Zoom-ish.

Dave C
From: zatar@dadstoy.uucp (Terry Stockdale)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Telebit WorldBlazer + Zyxel modems = no connect!
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 06:13:15 CDT
Organization: Lots of little files on drive D:

gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews) writes:

> In article <2.5000.30.2ad9bdda@che.nsk.su> Maxim.Nikitin@p0.f30.n5000.z2.fido
> >                                  Hi, guys!
> >
> >        Maybe anyone can help me in the question why when my modem calls
> >Zyxel and replies to it V32B noise, the Zyxel drops the line (if fax option
> >disabled) or make noise for fax (if the fax option is enabled)??? I have a
> >lot of problems calling Zyxel modems, while when Zyxel call my modem we
> >usualy get a good 14400/V32B connections.
> >
> 
> If the Zyxel tries to make a fax connection, it's probably getting
> confused during the handshake and thinks the other modem is a fax modem.
> 
> I don't know why it disconnects when it's set for data.  Does it have error
> control (MNP, V.42) enabled?
> 
> 
> -- 
>  .------------------------------------------------------------------.
>  |  Greg Andrews   |       UUCP: {amdahl,claris}!netcom!gerg        |
>  |                 |   Internet: gerg@netcom.COM                    |
>  `------------------------------------------------------------------'

I routinely send newsfeeds via my Worldblazer to a ZyXel modem without any
problems.  Perhaps the problem falls into the categories of:  poor wait time
on the uucp program, or bad settings on either the ZyXel or Telebit,
or a malfunctioning modem on one end or the other.  But, Worldblazers and
ZyXels DO talk to each other every day.
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