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From: sylve_ge@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Gerald Sylvester)
Subject: Question about UART's and PS/2 55SX
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 01:16:54 GMT


I am looking into buying a 9600/14.4k baud modem.  I found this
newsgroup only a few hours and after reading many messages, the number
of questions I now have have doubled 8-(.  It has also answered numerous
questions such as the summary of responses in regard to buying a
9600/14.4k baud modem (thanks whoever posted that).

Now, my question.....I have a IBM PS/2 55SX.  I have no idea what
UART it has.  It can't find it in any of the manuals it came with
and I can't even find it inside the machine.  Does anyone
know what UART is inside my machine?  If it doesn't have a
16550 UART, where and how much is a serial board with a 16550 UART?

If possible, please send email since I do not
have USENET access over winter break (I would like to purchase the modem
over winterbreak though).  Therefore, I have to call long distance to my
schools mainframe and much of the time messages have expired before I
get to see them.  Therefore, if anyone would like for me to forward any
replies I get, just send me email.

Thanks in advance.

        _   /|       The Gerald Sylvester
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From: hardie@herald.usask.ca (Peter Hardie,4805)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: My experience w/ my new ZyXel 1496E
Date: 27 Dec 1992 22:21:14 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Reply-To: hardie@herald.usask.ca
NNTP-Posting-Host: herald.usask.ca
Originator: hardie@herald.usask.ca

From article <Bzxr95.C3J@cs.psu.edu>, by fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner):
> Yes, I get CONNECT 16800 an awful lot with ZyXEL's BBS, and then a ton of
> retrains, and fallback to 14400.
>   Bill
On the few local calls I have made to another ZyXEL (I have a 1496S) the
beasts blasted along at 16800 with no problem.
When I phone long distance (I'm in Saskatchewan,Canada) to the ZyXEL BBS, it
usually starts at 12000 but has been as low as 7200 and then retrains up and
down as the line conditions change. When I tried to force the ZyXEL to go no
higher than 9600baud the ZyXEL BBS wouldn't handshake properly.
Pete hardie@herald.usask.ca  VE5VA

Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: aki <aki@akidamme-233324.worldbank.org>
Subject: ARRRRGGGHH!!! I CANT BELIEVE THIS!!!
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A764CA14C9012631@akidamme-233324.worldbank.org>
X-Xxdate: Mon, 28 Dec 92 20:13:24 GMT
Organization: The World Bank
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d11
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:16:06 GMT




I can't BELIEVE this!  We buy 14.4 external Intel modems and the
damn things don't work!

What we have is a 8 port Toshiba Lanrover with 14.4 modems
connected to it.  Mac users dial in using the same type of
Intel 14.4 modems via Appletalk remote.  What's "supposed"
to happen is the modem establishes a connection at 14.4.
Unfortunately, the connection never occurs!   After we call
Intel on their "wonderful" new modems, they said we need
a CCL for the 14.4's and they do not provide them.  Well we
tried using Intel 9600 CCL's but they forced the 14.4's to
connect at 2400 baud!!!!!  =8-0  So far no one seems to know
what to do, the 9600 CCL doesn't work and there doesn't
seem to exist any CCL for the 14.4.

Doe's ANYONE have any CCLS that will work for an Intel 14.4????
We are at a loss and any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!!!!!!!



-Aki
The Worldbank Wash. D.C.
E-mail: aki@akidamme-233324.worldbank.org
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: S.F.Bay Internet Access?
From: knopoff+@pitt.edu (Steven N Knopoff)
Date: 1 Jan 93 20:11:59 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Pittsburgh
Originator: knopoff@unixd3.cis.pitt.edu


	
A friend of friend lives in San Francisco and is seeking Internet
access. If you know of some non-profit organization or university in
the Bay Area (preferably a local phone call from S.F.) that sells accounts 
on their machine for a reasonable yearly or semi-annual fee, please send me 
email (knopoff@unix.cis.pitt.edu) with the details (i.e., the name of 
organization, name of a person to contact, person's phone number and postal 
address, cost).

Thanks for your help....
From: davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Digicom Scout modem
Date: 30 Dec 92 12:46:06 GMT

IEJLV@ASUACAD.BITNET (jason l.v.) writes:

>I'm having a bit of a problem with my QuickComm Spirit II (which
>is now the Digicom as they bought QuickComm out). I recently received
>back from the factory with an EPROM upgrade, but I'm experiencing some
>problems connecting at high speeds. Once there is a connections,
>transmissions never fail
>to be quick and clear, but sometimes I have to try several times for
>it to connect initially at 9600 and then move on up to 19200. With
>one system in particular it likes to connect at 7200. This happens very
>often with this system (which happens to have Dual Standards).

>I've include my AT*O:
>------
>MODEL:SCOUT PC PLUS
>DTE:  19200  N81
>DCE:  IDLE

> E1  K1  M0  Q0  V1  X4 TONE
>&B0 &C1 &D2 &R0 &T5
>*E9 *F3 *G1 *M2 *N6 *P0 *Q1 *S1 *T1

>S00=000  S04=010  S08=002  S15=255
>S01=000  S05=008  S09=006  S18=000
>S02=043  S06=002  S10=050  S25=000
>S03=013  S07=120  S12=050  S26=000
>OK
>------
>I've played with the *M, S07, S09, and S10 settings to no avail.

Here are the differences between what you have an what I run:

* I run with M1 so I can hear what the modems are doing when they 
  connect. 
* Not sure why you have &R0 (CTS follows RTS signal); I have
  the default of &R2 (force CTS on).
* You have S07 set very high: I use default of 45.
* You have S09 also set high: I use default of 0.
* You have S10 set high as well: I use default of 3.

>Setting the S09 to 6 and having the modem locked at 19200 seems to
>have decreased the rate at which it connects at 7200, but it still
>happens too often to be satisfactory.

I guess by "modem locked at 19200" you mean you run the port at that
speed. I run mine at 38,400 as 19,200 won't give you the full
benefit of the v42 compresson on ASCII text (and with real-world
data I've never seen any increase in speed if I run the port higher).

>Oh, and ZMODEM transmissions of ZIPed files tend to hover around
>1600 cps (currently in Qmodem PRO). I could've sworn I saw a cps
>rate around 2200 in Telix a few days ago, but I might've been
>delirious (?)..

1600 CPS on compressed files sounds OK. But with ASCII I bet you'll
find you don't get 3,000 CPS which is quite possible if you set your
port to 38,400. 

>The unit is an internal. Any help would be appreciated.

Sorry to be ignorant but does the internal have a speaker? If so,
can you hear what's happening when you get a 7200 and when you get
14,400? 

In any case, one thing you didn't mention is ATSQ. After you
get a link (especially the 7200 BPS links) if you escape the modem
and give it this you can get a reading on the S(ignal)Q(uality):

  +++
  OK
  ATSQ
  7777777....

If you get a line of 7's, you're SQ is OK. But if you get lower
values, then there is something amiss with your line, the other
modem's line, both, etc. 

That's all I can think of at the moment,

Dave

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
Subject: Re: Prodigy's "Eagle" modem
Organization: Netcom
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 04:37:17 GMT

Allan Cook (cook@mothra.rose.hp.com) wrote:
: : I bought the Prodigy/Digicom offer about a month ago now, and have 
: : had no problems with it.  You do have to turn MNP off in order to 
: : communicate with Prodigy, AOL, GEnie, and other commercial 
:                    ^^^^^^^^
: 		   I suppose you mean Compuserve, not Prodigy?

Prodigy does not use error correction or compression in the modems with
their new 9600 bps service although the Digicom Eagle has the *E9 auto-
reliable V.42bis factory default register setting.


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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: mckeeveb@monashee.sfu.ca (Gumby - The unknown user)
Subject: Re: Upgrading a ZyXEL 1496E to
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 07:08:41 GMT

Stephan_Skrodzki@ka.maus.de (Stephan Skrodzki) writes:

>But also when You have the + PCB and the new DSP-Ram PCB it doesn't work fine
>with 5.04EP-Roms. (I was told, that it works with 5.01EP-Rom's but that's out
>of interest for me). Someone told me to try the 5.04RP (rack mount modem) and I
>did, but it worked also not so good...

>So what's my claim to write this whole story without any conclusions?

>I'm very interested in how the 5.04EP Roms do recognize why the modem is not a
>real bought + ... There must be more to check (or change)...

It would appear, from the bit of testing that we have done, is that the model
number, last EPROM version used, the user profiles, and (possibly) the serial
number are all stored in the same chip:  an EEPROM (electronically erasible)
located near the DTE jack on the PCB.  We're in the process of decyphering
it's contents and will post regarding any findings.

-- 
    Rob McKeever  VE7ICJ  rmckeeve@sfu.ca  mckeeveb@sfu.ca  604-291-0457
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 want to work!" - John Parkinson, Ernst & Young at the BCDMA Conference '92
       -*-          Standard Disclaimers should be adequate        -*-
From: markp@cranham.cc.earlham.edu (Mark Pearson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Digicom Scout modem
Date: 23 Dec 92 22:32:20 GMT
Reply-To: markp@cranham.cc.earlham.edu

I have noticed a couple of posts about the Digicom Scout Plus.
How do people rate it? I am looking to standardise our college on a new modem  
with all the V & MNP trimmings and fax and it looks good.

What software comes with it?
Why is it that only the internal version has the 16550AFN chip?
I much prefer external modems on PCs - you can see the lights and usre the COM  
port for something else.

--
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From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Modem proximity to stereo speaker
Date: 29 Dec 92 19:44:07 GMT
Organization: Netcom

Greg Andrews (gerg@netcom.com) wrote:
: 
: Your problem with the modem being near the speaker wouldn't be radio
: interference.  If anything, it would be electromagnetic fields.
: 
: Most modems use a transformer as part of the isolation circuit (preventing
: voltage spikes from the phone line from frying things).  Transformers use
: electromagnetic fields to pass signals through, so they can be sensitive
: to magnetic fields from outside sources.
: 
: I've never experimented with a modem and a speaker, so I don't have any
: idea whether it could cause you a problem or not.  I just wanted to mention
: the possibility that the speaker's magnet might be able to affect the phone
: line transformer in your modem.
: 
: If your modem has a metal case that's grounded, then it's probably not
: going to be a problem.

A metal case may help some, but not a lot with electromagnetic fields,
unless the metal is a special alloy with a high magnetic permeability,
like for example mu-metal. The best is to put some distance between the
speaker and the modem since strong magnetic fields dont reach far. A
grounded metal case will usually shield well against electrostatic
fields however.




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   Wolfgang Henke     Data lanes not car pool lanes      wolfgang@netcom.com 
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.admin,cu.sun.managers
From: mesm@netcom.com (Mary E. S. Morris)
Subject: Re: Anyone out there successfully get a 14.4K modem running on a Sun?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 05:22:13 GMT

ejh@khonshu.colorado.edu (Edward J. Hartnett) writes:
: 
: I have been in the market for some high speed modems for me and my
: boss to be able to dial in from home or from the road to our Sun IPC.
: There has been a little talk on the net that the sun can't handle the
: throughput in the serial port due to stupid Sun problems with hardware
: flow control, which can be fixed, but only at a high price.
: 
: Before I tell my boss to get ready to write (another) big check to

I am currently calling into Netcom, and I have a 14.4 connection.
You can talk to them about the configs.

Some of the stuff used internally at Sun are the Spif boards (if you
are using SunOS 4.1.2 or higher and greater than 1.0 of the Spif 
software.): 

--
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=====================================================================
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: My experience w/ my new ZyXel 1496E
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 06:08:51 GMT

geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh) writes:
>Jim.Long@p1.f48.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Jim Long) writes:
>> That has not been my experience.  I always get 16.8k with ZyXEL's BBS, and
>> have never gotten less than 16.8k with any ZyXEL, local or long-distance.  I

>   Oh, my ZyXEL connected at 16800 bps, too... and usually, within minutes, 
>had retrained itself down to 14400 or even 12000.

I get 16800 all the time, no retrains, no problem.  The dozens of
BBSes in town with it don't seem to have a problem.  If I call long
distance then sometimes it has to do a bit more error correction than
I see at 14400.  I guess the question is how good are your
connections?
-- 
My eyes are so bad I need contact lenses to see my glasses.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: spyder@admiral.uucp (Eric)
Subject: USR 14.4 Sportster Price?
Reply-To: spyder@admiral.uucp (Eric)
Organization: The Grid/Waffle BBS, 203-661-2873, -1279, -0450, -2967
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 02:39:04 GMT

Does anyone know how much a USR Sportster costs?....and whether or not it 
has a sysop deal?

--
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: mcrowley@MtHolyoke.edu (Michael A. Crowley)
Subject: Re: Could somebody tell me the quality of Zoom Modems?
Organization: Mount Holyoke College
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 22:29:35 GMT

We have been reliably connecting V.32bis Zooms together at 14.4 on
campus, but rarely does this seem to work when dialing from
off campus (or from on campus using an outside line).
mac.
From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ZYXEL NEW ROM
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 23:08:50 EST
Organization: Izot's Swamp

reginald.hirsch@yob.sccsi.com (Reginald Hirsch)  writes:

>   Tyrone in setting up my Zyxel U 1496S+ I am confused as to turning
> MNP 5 off leaving V.42bis and MNP4 on.I understand I can set S38.5=1
> from a command line initialization.My question is from the display
> screen since the S register only shows S38= what is the variable in the
> display since .5 is not recognized.Thanks

   Each bit adds a binary bit value to the total; here is the table to use:

.0 = 1
.1 = 2
.2 = 4
.3 = 8
.4 = 16
.5 = 32
.6 = 64
.7 = 128

   If a register is set to 97, that's 64 + 32 + 1, so you know that .6, .5, 
and .0 are 1, and the rest are 0.

  Geoffrey Welsh, 7 Strath Humber Court, Islington, Ontario, M9A 4C8 Canada
geoff@zswamp.uucp, [xenitec.on.ca|m2xenix.psg.com]!zswamp!geoff (416)258-8467
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: fred@genesis.demon.co.uk (Lawrence Kirby)
Subject: Re: Why get _external_ Digicom Scout+ ??? 
Distribution: world
Organization: BT
X-Mailer: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.19)
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 21:33:44 +0000

In article <forb0004.177.725674730@student.tc.umn.edu> forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu writes:

>I noticed in a post (that I don't seem to be able to find) here a 
>suggestion to get an external modem. Doesn't make much sense to me; what's 
>the difference other than having an external display of current modem 
>conditions? If nothing else, the lack of an UART in the external models is a 
>strike against them; chews up an external serial port. I've got plenty of 
>expansion space in my Zeos 386, but only 1 extra serial port. Of course, not 
>many other things seem to need that port...

I use external modems because I want to be able to move them around easily
between systems, attach them to intellingent serial controllers (i.e. not COM
port) and non PC systems. An external modem is more futureproof. I can also put
a line monitor between the modem and PC to see what's actually going down the
line (try that with an internal modem!) :-)

Trying to use more than 2 COM ports at once is generally trouble because the PC
wasn't designed for it. You may well have to disable a serial port if you
install an internal modem anyway to prevent a conflict.

However that just suits my circumstances. Internal modems are generally cheaper,
don't take up extra desk space and as long as they come with a 16550A UART are
a good choice for most people.

-----------------------------------------
Lawrence Kirby | fred@genesis.demon.co.uk
Wilts, England | 70734.126@compuserve.com
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: luckey@rtfm.mlb.fl.us (Jon Luckey)
Subject: Re: How do I get DSZ to work in Telix?
Organization: We don't need no stinkin' batches!
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 15:34:04 GMT

mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael Rosen) writes:

>What is the proper setup to get DSZ working as an external protocol in
>Telix?  I've tried to do it but can't get anything to work.  I'm
>hoping I can find a way to solve my problem of uploading to my account.

Telix has ZMODEM built into it.  Why do you want to add an external ZMODEM
protocol?
From: drkerns@sony7.sdrc.com (sean kerns)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: PC Usenet?
Date: 31 Dec 92 14:51:59 GMT
Organization: SDRC

Keywords: 

I know this has got to be a FAQ, but I'm new and don't know how to get to those
or what to do with them, so I'll stick my neck out and ask:
I acces Usenet News from my workstation at work. Is it possible to access from
a communications program on a PC? If so, how, and are there specific comm
programs I should use? I just have the one that came free with my Hayes-clone
modem, so upgrading isn't out of the question..

Okay, I'm done, fire at will.

SRK
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: ddrg@csi.on.ca (Duncan Glendinning)
Subject: zyxel and callerid
Organization: Carp Systems International
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 05:24:40 GMT

Tonight, I noticed that the 5.02 roms only seem to recognize the
caller id stuff if my modem is in originate mode.  When its in answer
mode, the modem only emist 'RING' messages.  Anyone else notice this?

Thanks...  duncan
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.admin,cu.sun.managers
From: almquist@wam.umd.edu (Squish)
Subject: Re: Anyone out there successfully get a 14.4K modem running on a Sun?
Organization: Human Interface Technology Lab (on vacation)
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 05:45:46 GMT

I have some Telebit WorldBlazers connected to some Sun with no special
hardware (standard tty).  These pups are advertised to do 70KBPS between
like modems (ie. compressed, Pepped, and blasting - WorldBlazer to 
WorldBlazer).  Currently all that is being done is dial in using the latest
and greatest Kermit (C-Kermit 5A(184) BETA-6, 12 Oct 92, SUNOS 4.1 (BSD)).
This version supports 38400.  Soon I'll be seeing kind of performance I get
via WorldBlazer to WorldBlazer using slip, c-slip, and ppp (people have been
telling me c-slip should win).

So, if you are doing dialup, snag the latest and great Kermit and blaze at
38400.

- mike
From: heiser@acs.bu.edu (William Heiser)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: V32bis over _very_ noisy lines (HE
Date: 3 Jan 93 18:41:12 GMT
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

In article <PHR.93Jan3050600@napa.telebit.com> phr@telebit.com (Paul Rubin) writes:
>PEP works a lot better over noisy lines than v32 or v32bis.
>Your friend should either back off to 2400 baud or get the PEP
>(Worldblazer) upgrade for her T3000.

But then of course the party with teh Zoom wouldn't be any better off
(Zooms of course don't do PEP) :-)

I think the best choice would be to trade both modems for a PEP-capable
unit.  The Zoom isn't worth the space it takes on the desktop or the
effort it takes to flip on the power switch (my experience with several
differen zooms is that they are JUNK).  The 2400 baud Zooms are fine, but
the high speed ones BITE.
From: oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Please recommend a portable modem
Date: 2 Jan 93 20:05:14 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC


Readers here will have seen my recent posts describing problems with
two portable modems -- the US Robotics Worldport 9600 MNP modem, 
and the Macronix 96-144 modem.  Each was about the size of a pack of
playing cards, or a little bigger.

Neither one seemed to work as it should.

So here is my wish list.

V.32 and V.32bis speeds for data.

At least 9600 bps for fax send and receive.

MS-DOS software for fax send and receive.

MNP4 and 5, and V.42 and V.42bis.

Shirt pocket size, more or less.

Lots of LEDs including EC.

Sensible design, long warranty, my choice of battery or AC adapter.

Lots of contented users.

With that wish list, what can people recommend?

So far I have had one suggestion -- the Multi-Tech Systems
MT1432Mu modem, said to list at $900 and to street at $549.

Any comments on that modem?  Any suggestions of other modems?

Thanks in advance.  If people would find it interesting, let me know
and I will summarize the reponses.


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