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Subject: Is a Sparc II too slow for my USR Sportster? 
Distribution: world
Organization: BT
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:10:12 +0000


In article <1992Dec5.074743.28378@IRO.UMontreal.CA> laviers@IRO.UMontreal.CA writes:

>The line is good, but I get lost or incomplete packets, timeouts and
>CRC errors on Z-modem downloads from the Sparc II we have at 
>the lab.

There have been a lot of postings here saying disable XON/XOFF and use
hardware flow control. I agree where this is possible. But in situations where
hardware flow control is unavailable (or broken) ZMODEM works very well with
XON/XOFF flow control so it's well worth trying.


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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews)
Subject: Re: Supra to Tbit hi-speed conn????
Keywords: how to connect a supra to TB at V32 ???
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 17:42:07 GMT

larry@news.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
>gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews) writes:
>
>>	TrailBlazer - Original Telebit modem.  Does not support V.32.
>>		      Just PEP, 2400, 1200, and 300 bps.
>
>>	TrailBlazer Plus - Replaced the TrailBlazer in the Telebit
>>		           modem family.  Has same modulations.
>
>What is (are) the difference(s) between the Trailblazer and the T-Plus
>besides a black verse off-white case?
>

Back when the TB+ was first introduced, the differences visible to the
user were very few.  The TB+ had PEP compression and that was about it.
However, the TB+ circuitry was vastly improved over the TB, with large
improvements in the available performance.

Over the years, new features were added to the TB+ while the TB remained
is it was in October '88.  These days the TB+ has full MNP4, MNP5, V.42,
V.42bis, dialback security, inactivity timer, SDLC support, PEP mode has
Micro packets for better interactive response, Conventional Command Mode
that mimics the Hayes AT command set, Talk/Data switch, Two stored configs
with A/B switch to switch between them, and some features less often used
like support for MI/MIC and A/A1 telephone leads and adjustable output
level, as well as the PEP compression mentioned above.

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From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Fast modems over long distances?
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 22:02:45 EST
Organization: Izot's Swamp

S.M.Clark@lut.ac.uk (Sean Clark) writes:

> Has anyone experience in setting up high speed modem connections over
> *very* long distances? I am interested in linking two Macs, one in the
> UK and one in Australia (roughly 10,000 miles) via Hayes Optima 144
> (v32bis) modems and would like to know what problems to expect.

   You'll probably hear a lot of votes for Telebit's PEP modems, and I have to 
admit that they take best advantage of lines with more than slight 
impairments.  However, a friend of mine who has extensive experience with, as 
you put it, "*very* long distance connections" reports that there seems to be 
some kind of brick wall for PEP connections on extremely long calls.  He has 
not quantified the problem, but I can tell you that our experience with calls 
between North America and Australia work extremely well with PEP modems.  I'd 
be willing to be that, if there was a problem with UK-Oz connections with PEP 
modems, you probably won't fare much better with any other kind.

   Then again, V.32bis' full duplex operation might offer performance 
advantages, and Hayes modems are about as good quality as you'll get without 
spending significantly more, and even then the difference may not be 
significant.

> Will there be a serious network latency (i.e. over half a second)?

   With V.32bis there may be, depending on how the call is routed.  With PEP, 
you can count on it because of how long it takes to reverse the carriers over 
a long distance link.

> Will it be robust?

   This year I replaced a client's 2400MNP link from Toronto to Singapore with 
Telebit PEP modems; they were accustomed to the calls lasting only a few 
minutes, and now they can't imagine how they ever put up with that: their PEP 
connections last four hours if necessary.

> At Loughborough University we have successfully run ISDN over the same
> distance without problems.

   If the connection is digital end to end, then I am not at all surprised... 
but ISDN is a bit out of my realm of experience.

  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
                Now I've lost everything, I give to you my soul
           And the meaning of all that I believed before escapes me
                  In this world of none, no thing, and no one
                            - Genesis, _Afterglow_
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: lopucham@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Andrew M. Lopuchowycz)
Subject: BOCA 14.4 FaxModem - What do you think?
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 02:28:28 GMT

	I'm interested in buying a good (cheap), but fast modem.  I have read
recent posts which suggest that the BOCA modem is a decent choice.  Is the 
real UART 16550 being used in the internal card?  Does it matter?  I may be
leaning towards the external version so that I can effectively use it on 
different machines with minimum hassle.  I can live with the additional $50
for that, but is it an advantage/disadvantage to have an external for any
other reason?  I would appreciate any thoughts on the subject.  Thanks.


	Andy Lopuchowycz

	(You can e-mail responses to lopucham@craft.camp.clarkson.edu)
From: wbe@bbn.com (Winston Edmond)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: How do existing FAX/data modems hand
Date: 13 Dec 92 02:54:07
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc., Cambridge, MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: crystal.bbn.com
In-reply-to: H.ZIERKE@BI-LINK.owl.de's message of 12 Dec 92 23:59:00 GMT

Someone wrote:
#Yes, but some users report that the ZyXELs also have the annoying
#quality to 'recognize' incoming data calls from some types of modems as
#fax calls.

I replied:
My impression is that this was a problem many software revisions ago, but
that it has long since been fixed.

H.ZIERKE@BI-LINK.owl.de (Hans-Joachim Zierke) replied:
If a US Robotics Worldport 9600 (the - ... suboptimal version approved for 
Germany) calls a ZyXEL, it will reliably    :-)  
CONNECT FAX.

My reply:
Yes, but what software version is the ZyXEL modem running?  There was a
problem a while back that has since been fixed.  On the other hand, I just
looked over the release notes for v5.04A again, and found the following item
that suggests there may have been a problem with USR modems in particular
that was only just fixed in the latest version:

	7. Correct compatibility problem with USR modem/fax.
 -WBE
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: meihe@med.unc.edu (Mei He)
Subject: zmodem implementation
Originator: meihe@jasper
Lhijkkorganization: UNC-CH School of Medicine
Organization: UNC Office of Information Technology
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 05:32:30 GMT


Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: herbst@seq.uncwil.edu (R.T. Herbst)
Subject: UUCP/cu/whatever
Keywords: UUCP Intel 14.4
Organization: Univ. of North Carolina @ Wilmington
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 21:56:41 GMT


This was put together in response to a query
on comp.unix/sysv386.
Thought it might be of interest here.
??Also anybody have good or bad experience with
the intel 14.4 ex??
Subj: UUCP/cu/sending files/uuto/usw.
This may help those who are having tropuble using UUCP.
To cu, send and receive files, and send mail to another 
UNIX system hereafter the host.

1. You need an entry on the host machine in /etc/passwd
like the nuccp entry except the user name must be the node-name 
of the local system.

2. You need on the host machine a Permissions file in 
/usr/lib/uucp like the one shown below. No guarrantees
that your system will work with this one; but should with one like
it.

#	@(#)uucp:Permissions	2.1.1.4
# (See Operations Guide.)
LOGNAME=nuucp SENDFILES=yes
LOGNAME=<node-name>\
SENDFILES=yes \
VALIDATE=<node-name>\
READ=/usr/spool/uucppublic \
WRITE=/usr/spool/uucppublic \
MACHINE=<node-name>\
COMMANDS=/bin/rmail \
REQUEST=yes

3. My REL 4 did not come with a dailer script for intel 14.4 
or the Boca.

Below is a dialer script that works
for the intel14.4. 
Caution you may want to remove the \\J1 and associated OK\r.
Also the ATS0=1 and ATM0 are optional.

This one line file should be edited into /usr/lib/uucp/Dialers
with care. 
Since intel144 is a new line in Dialers you will have to
modify the Devices file. 

intel144 =,-,    "" \M\dATQ0\r\cAT\r\c OK\r AT&F\r\c OK\r AT\\N0\r\c OK\r ATM0\r\c OK\r ATS0=1\r\c OK\r \EATDT\T\r\c 00 \r\m\c

No guarrantees that the above will work for any other
14.4 modem. Guess this is a good place to start.

shoudl you want bilateral communications with another UNIX box
just put the corresponding Permissions file on your machine.

ALSO the latest version of Ckermit-- kermit5a(188) is a winner and
is an alternative to uucp..

To use ckermit you  should as root

chown uucp kermit
the chmod 4755 kermit

where kermit is the executable derived form the wermit that is
produced by make <sys>

herbst@seq.uncwil.edu
From: birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Probability of v.32bis -> v.fast upgrades?
Keywords: just curious...
Date: 20 Dec 92 01:11:14 GMT
Organization: Screaming in Digital, the Queensryche Digest

Out of curiosity...

When v.fast is officially adopted, is it anticipated that any manufacturers
will offer modular upgrades for their v.32bis modems?  (I'm thinking of ones
which could be installed by a field tech or technically capable end-user.)

It doesn't look like it's going to matter where I live, since residential
ISDN should arrive about the same time as v.fast... but I thought I'd ask,
just in case.

-Shag
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From: ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,misc.forsale.computers.other
Subject: Needs 20 9600b modems
Date: 17 Dec 1992 11:45:06 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: almaak.usc.edu

A friend of mine needs to buy 20 modems (all 9600 baud).
Do you have a lead for a salesdroid he should contact?

Is it smarter buying a "modem rack" in this case?  Who sells
such beasts?

Thanks,

        -ans.

-- 
Ajay Shah, (213)749-8133, ajayshah@rcf.usc.edu
From: wrob@unixg.ubc.ca (Robert Wong)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: What's the diff between a ZyXel U-1496E+/E/S+/S ??
Date: 16 Dec 1992 23:52:23 GMT
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca

Hi.  I've been following the tread about the diff between a + and a non+
model of the ZyXel line.  Apparently, models w/the "+" moniker mean that 
they are upgradeable in the future to a speed of 19.2.

I've just read somewhere that a U-1496 S/S+ exists.  What does the "S" mean?

I've also read somwhere that a U-1496 X exists.  It apparently is a "S" model
with oscilliscope [X & Y Axis outputs to display "eye" and "constellation" 
diagrams for signal analysis].  Cool.  Umm.  What does that mean?
 RWW.
-- 
Robert W. Wong Jr.
wrob@unixg.ubc.ca (ASCII only)
"I can't even remember all the things I've forgotten." - RWW.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.dcom.fax
From: ohd@ornl.gov (OLIVE D H)
Subject: Boca 14.4i/e and Fax Software
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 15:48:39 GMT


I've got a Boca 14.4 baud modem and Win Fax 2.0 and have been relatively 
pleased with its performance.  This question is more about Fax Software
than hardware but the shortcomming of Win Fax 2.0 is that an incomming
fax cannot be easily loaded into word processing software like Ami Pro 2.0 or
Word Perfect, etc.  

Is there Fax Software that can convert a fax into an ascii file ready for
editing?

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From: halifax@scout.ksu.ksu.edu (The blah master!)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.unix.questions,alt.religion.computers
Subject: Re: Differences between modems...
Date: 14 Dec 1992 09:05:55 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: scout.ksu.ksu.edu

ddawson@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Dick Dawson) writes:

>In article <mortenk.130.723847799@dhhalden.no> mortenk@dhhalden.no (MORTEN KNUDSEN) writes:
>>In article <mellon.723247177@pepper> mellon@ncd.com (Ted Lemon) writes:
>>>From: mellon@ncd.com (Ted Lemon)
>>>Subject: Re: Differences between modems...
>>>Date: 1 Dec 92 21:59:37 GMT
>>>What does this have to do with alt.religion.computers?   Please, keep this
>>>junk off our newsgroup so that we can discuss things that matter, like the
>>>obvious superiority of Emacs over vi!
>>>
>>Nooooooooooooooooooooo... Emacs is superior to vi?????
>>Actually, the both suck.

Obviously you are both wrong!
Alt.religon.computers is for the discussion of worshiping techniques
of the major computer dieties.  Introducing of new chants are also
encouraged.  Chant with me now brothers.... Sppppppppppaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrccccccc.
This group is also provided as meeting place for other followers so that they
may convert others to their religon.  If you wish to discuss the values of
the demi-mortals vi and emacs perhaps you nitwits should take this
alt.religon.minor.computer.dieties!  Once again brothers and sisters
chant with me now as I do a screen blank (A special power granted to
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Do not taunt happy fun GOD ball!
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From: rick@ee.uwm.edu (Rick Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Can V.32bis or V.42bis be 'faked' by software?
Date: 11 Dec 1992 18:41:50 GMT
Organization: Just me.
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.2.33

Exactly what *are* V.32bis and V.42bis?  Can this 'behaviour' be mimicked
in software so that a vanilla 2400bps or 9600bps modem would 'look' like
a V.32bis or V.42bis modem?

Rick Miller   <rick@ee.uwm.edu> | <rick@discus.mil.wi.us>   Ricxjo Muelisto
Occupation:  Husband, Father, WEPCo. WAN Mgr., Discus Sys0p, and  Linux fan
From: Klaus_Ellegaard@kampsax.bbs.bad.se (Klaus Ellegaard)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
Subject: Re: distinctive ring router?
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 16:44:37 +0000
Reply-To: Klaus_Ellegaard@kampsax.bbs.bad.se (Klaus Ellegaard)
Distribution: world
Organization: KampSax BBS, Lyngby, Denmark 
OD-Comment-To: Oscar_Herrera


In a message of Fr 11-Dec-92 00:27, Oscar Herrera wrote:

 OH> : So, does anyone sell an automatic A/B/C type device that will switch
 OH> : the call to different phone cables based on the distinctive ring?
 OH> : Should be a fairly simple electronic device to build, I would think.

 OH> Also, see PC MAGAZINE, December 11, 1990,  pages 351-399, for a review
 OH> of boxes that do what you need.

Thanks for the reference, the reviews in the magazine are very detailed
and really interesting reading.

However, the review is just over two years old, and I think a lot has
happened since then (prices are dropping, I presume).

The review discusses mostly Type II and III solutions (that is: find
out if there are any fax-tones, and if not: let the phone ring).

Does anyone know of a good (and preferably cheap) solution that uses
the Type I method (ie. pick up the phone, play a small introduction
saying "Please press * to talk or wait for the fax tone")?

It's a much better solution if you have voice phone and a FaxModem on
the same line - and expect to pick up "silent" modem calls as well.

Please e-mail...

Best Regards
                  Klaus.

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
From: regebro@stacken.kth.se (Lennart Regebro)
Subject: Postscript to TIFF3 conversion
Organization: Stacken Computer Club, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:31:49 GMT

I am in need for a postscript to TIFF3 converter for OS/2. Ghostscript
should work, but there is no TIFF driver included in the distribution and
I don`t feel like creating one myself.

So, is there any other OS/2 postscript to TIFF converter, or is there
somebody out there who has modified Ghostscript to do this?


Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax,comp.dcom.modems
From: turkstra@smaug.cs.hope.edu (Screwtape)
Subject: Difference btwn 16550AFN & AN??
Organization: Hope College Dept of CS
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 21:07:39 GMT

Sorry if this has been discussed, I must've missed the argument.
What is the difference between a 16550 AFN and 16550 AN?  
A better Q - should it stop me from getting a sportster internal
(with 16550 AN) and getting an external with a 16550 AFN I/o board?
I will be multi-tasking, and know the buffering and functionality
of the chips...

-- 

Chris Turkstra
Turkstra@cs.hope.edu
Traveling the Internet with a load not properly tied down.
From: bz223@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Danny Guy Frezza)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
Subject: Re: Why does my faxboard only work w/ 50% of faxes
Date: 19 Dec 1992 14:11:03 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bz223@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Danny Guy Frezza)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, rfrenkel@world.std.com (richard frenkel) says:

>I'm sure this is a FAQ, but I have little knowledge or interest about the 
>workings of FAXES (short term technology).  My ZOOM "group 3" with 
>"class 2" driver (whatever that means) only sends or receives faxes
>about 50% of the time.  It always connects (either way) and then just
>sits there in "pre-message" blinking the CD light idiotically until
>it times out.  I know better than to try to ask Zoom and MTEZ has 
>disappeared into WordPerfect.  So if anyone would like to explain this
>to me, and what can be done about it, I'd be grateful.  Here or
>rfrenkel@world.std.com
>
>Thanks
>
>
Have you tried the new class2 driver from WordPerfect; it took over MagicSoft,
and fixed some things in the class2 and class1 drivers.  It also works for
14.4 faxing.  I suggest you call the WordPerfect BBS: 801 225 4444.  I assume
you have MTEZ program? I have a Zoom 14.4 VFX v.32 bis faxmodem, Rom version
1.200, and have very, very few problems at all faxing in U.S. as well as 
overseas.  Good luck!
-- 

Dan Frezza
Internet: bz223@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
From: lauer@mpi-sb.mpg.de (Thomas Lauer)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
Subject: FAX-Software for OS/2 2.0
Date: 16 Dec 92 11:25:10 GMT
Reply-To: lauer@mpi-sb.mpg.de
Organization: Max-Planck Institut fuer Informatik

I' looking for Fax and Modem-Software which works under OS/2 2.0.
 Can anyone help me

-thomas



Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
From: wcsintd7@alfred.carleton.ca (Peter Kuciak)
Subject: SUPRA Modem/Fax question ...
Keywords: SUPRA FAX
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:24:06 GMT

Hello all, I have a Supra fax/modem with no software for Fax mode.
What is the best program to use it in fax mode ???, but more important
is there one (hopefully WINFAX or DOSFAX from Delrina) that works
under OS/2 2.0.  

Peter A. Kuciak               e-mail : wcsintd7@ccs.carelton.ca

.sig on vacation
From: brian@audiofax.com (Brian Troxell)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
Subject: _Teleconnect_ sliminess
Date: 16 Dec 92 22:21:38 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AudioFAX Inc., Atlanta

Just a note of warning to those who are counting on _Teleconnect_
magazine's upcoming look at "all" the players in the fax-on-demand
system manufacturing market today: they are only featuring companies 
who advertise with the magazine.

They offered to feature AudioFAX (where I work) only if we bellied up
$1000 dollars for an ad in their publication. 

This "comprehensive" look at the market will, in fact, be no such
thing; only a plug for companies that directly benefit the magazine.

I urge all of you who were relying on this article to clear up any
facts for you to keep this in mind, and look elsewhere for less
biased information.

I am in no way, shape, or form speaking for AudioFAX, Inc. Any views
expressed in this post are my personal views only.

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
From: wcsintd7@alfred.carleton.ca (Peter Kuciak)
Subject: FAX Software ...
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:03:43 GMT

I just aquired a SUPRA 14.4 fax/modem, but did not get any software
with it :(.  What is the best software to use for this fax under DOS
and under WINDOWS, does the Windows program work under OS/2, and is
there anything Shareware for the fax capability, like telix, procomm
etc. for the modems ???.  I have tried Quick Link II Fax and BitFax
and those two packages refuse to work with the SUPRA.  Quick Link II
Fax is version 1.1.?? and BitFax is 2.062.  Any comments ???

Peter A. Kuciak    e-mail : wcsintd7@ccs.carleton.ca

.sig on vacation
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
From: regebro@stacken.kth.se (Lennart Regebro)
Subject: Re: FAX-Software for OS/2 2.0
Organization: Stacken Computer Club, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 10:43:12 GMT

In article <23360@sbsvax.cs.uni-sb.de> lauer@mpi-sb.mpg.de writes:
>I' looking for Fax and Modem-Software which works under OS/2 2.0.
> Can anyone help me

Sure. The GammaLink GammaFax card and s/w works under OS/2 2.0. And very well
too. This is standalone textmode applications. If you have other needs I can't
help you.

Lennart


Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax