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From: bert.tyler@satalink.com (Bert Tyler) 
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: GATEWAY TELEPATH MODE
Date: 28 Jan 93 10:06:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434
Reply-To: bert.tyler@satalink.com (Bert Tyler) 

    john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas) writes:

JN>With all due respect, I'm afraid that AT&T was right and it wasn't a
JN>BIOS bug.  The BIOS should indeed disable any spurious interrupts
JN>(defined as an interrupt for which there is no handler) that might
JN>occur in order to prevent unnecessary system problems.

And with all due returned respect - it sure is a BIOS bug.  AT&T
was selling this PC as an IBM-compatible, and shipping it with an
incompatible "feature" that could not be disabled.  The net result
was that programs which worked on every other PC in our shop (and 
there are a few thousand of those puppies here) didn't work on the
StarStations.

By your reasoning, it would also be acceptable for the StarStation to 
simply shut itself off in the above case "to prevent unnecessary
system problems".  Heck, for that matter, why not refuse to power
up in the first place?  The ultimate approach to *preventing*
spurious interrupts <grin>.

                   Bert Tyler   (bert.tyler@satalink.com)
---
 . DeLuxe./386 1.25 #343sa . Did you expect mere proof to sway my opinion?
From: yaosenko@acsu.buffalo.edu (Yaosen Ko)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Compare USR Sportster and Dual Std
Date: 27 Jan 93 18:18:41 GMT
Organization: UB

Dear net folks,

Ok, I do know Dual Std has HST/V.32bis while Sportster has only
V.32bis.  What I really care is how they differ in the V.32bis part?
Is Sportster as good (or bad :) as Dual Std? Any one has 
experience in this?

Thanx for any information.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: Arnim.Littek@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: Sync Null Modem Cable Revisited
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 21:10:09 GMT

>> Could anyone provide me with a Null Modem diagram for synchronous RS-232 ?
>> I'm not sure about the clock signal jumpering.
>> 
>> Of course, this assumes that one of the DTEs is going to provide the clock.

>Just cross over pins 15 and 17.

There aren't too many times I have to disagree with Toby, but this time I think
he missed something.

A sync DCE puts out clocks on 15, 17 and takes in one on 24, sometimes.

A sync DTE accepts clocks on 15 and 17, sometimes putting out on 24.

Assuming you want to interconnect two DTEs, by the use of the terminology, and
that you have one DTE which provides a clock on pin 24; this is the only clock 
available for your null modem cable.  In this case, your clocking looks like:

DTE 1                                  DTE 2

P24  ------>-----------                                   (Ext TxC)
                       |
P15  ------<-----------|------->------- P15               (TxC)
                       |
P17  ------<------------------->------- P17               (RxC)

ie. pin 24 is providing everything.

There are a few systems where you may not get away with the same clock 
on both pin 15 and 17, but you haven't given me quite enough info to comment 
on that.  Let me know how this works.

Otherwise, if you don't have a source on pin 24, you need a bona fide modem
eliminator, which is in essence a sync clock generator.  There are some circum-
stances where a modem eliminator has to resync the RXC clocks edges to the 
incoming data from the other side, usually because of a long cable run producing
a sloppy waveform coming in.

Ciao,
Arnim						Arnim@digitech.co.nz




-- 
Arnim Littek                 Arnim@digitech.co.nz
Digi-Tech NZ           or    Arnim.Littek@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: USR modems..
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 22:01:41 EST
Organization: Izot's Swamp

John.Hamilton@kennel.fidonet.org writes:

> I use the standard &F3 configuration. It permits the modems to negotiate
> protocols, and supports uucp-g. Packet sizes are negotiated at startup,
> and have always come up standard. If something is incorrect, its the default
> &F3 configuration (I don't alter it), so any corrections to that would be
> greatly appreciated.

   I don't have a WB manual handy (I don't own a WB, sadly), but I would 
suggest making sure that S111=30 when making UUCP calls.

  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_
From: tp923021@jarrah.canberra.edu.au (ben elliston)
Sender: gateway@f262.n620.z3.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Connect two modems without telephone connection?
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:04:00

 > How can I connect two modems direct?
 > Especially I need informations about: how can I let
 > "ring" it on the

Right.  David Nugent wrote a thing called "BNU" (for BBSs, etc).  It's a FOSSIL driver.  In it is a set of utilities including a TSR, which, upon pressing Control-Shift-R (or somthing like that), sticks a "RING" in the port's buffer.

Install BNU and run that TSR - I'm sure this will help you out.  You can also fake "NO CARRIER", "BUSY", "CONNECT xxxx", etc.

 > other modem without using a home telephone exchange or
 > something different?

I think you would have difficulty fitting an exchange into your house, Lars. :-)

Cheers, Ben

Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: mem28103@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (M. Munoz)
Subject: New ROM's for Twincom 14.4 DF v1.7
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:14:34 GMT

Hello.

I just called up Twincom's Tech support line at (201) 935-4699 for
a ROM upgrade.  I expected the 1.27 ROM but the tech said that v1.7
was coming in next week.  He said that it now supports fall-forward
line negotiation.  But, there is a cost.  He said it was going to
cost me $20 for the ROM upgrade (includes shipping and handling).
I think it's worth it since I'm running off v1.200 and it's kinda
buggy (bad negotiation with some modems, dropped carrier, etc.).
Hopefully, the new BIOS will take care of all this.

Marc E. Munoz
mem28103@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

Xref: sparky comp.dcom.modems:20113 alt.security:5399
From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,alt.security
Subject: Re: Caller ID products?
Date: 28 Jan 93 13:40:39 GMT
Reply-To: davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center, Schenectady NY

In article <1k6ootINNs6q@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca>, unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh) writes:

| Why do they have that right? Why in the world do most countries have
| strict laws, and the telephone companies strict rules ablut tracing
| calls? The party certainly has the right to refuse to speak to you if
| you don't identify yourself, but more than that is an invasion of my
| privacy. I do not want to hand out my telephone number to any random
| person I phone. 

  Why do you want to make anonymous calls? Are you the person who calls
my mother and breathes at her? Or the guy who calls 21 times (so far) to
sell me siding, and won't believe I have a brick house? What possible
legal reason would you have for calling someone anonymously?

  For caller ID to work even reasonably well, it needs:
	1. a way to block your ID when you originate a call
	2. a way I can block all calls from unidentified callers

  You can get "outgoing only" lines, so if you don't want to be bothered
by people calling back you can use that, but it's still tracable to you.
Ideally feature (2) could be enabled and disabled, so you could turn it
on from 10pm-7am to identify the drunk who called you in the middle of
the night...

-- 
bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
	A terible poker player can have a great hand,
	A obnoxious fool can have a good idea.
	Both are winners, regardless of who has them.
From: bruce@camb.com (Barton F. Bruce)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Skin your ZyXEL's LCD's face
Date: 24 Jan 93 04:54:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: camb.1993Jan24.005449.18
Organization: Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc.

This may be well documented, but I havn't read it before.

The ZyXEL LCD has a protective plastic skin that simply peals off
when your thumbnail lifts a corner - leaving a much sharper image.

Some may prefer to leave it on.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: rjohnson@aisun2.ai.uga.edu (Russell M. Johnson [MSAI])
Subject: SUGGESTIONS NEEDED FOR COMPUTER LAB MODEM PURCHASE
Organization: AI Programs, University of Georgia, Athens
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 16:55:48 GMT

The AI lab at UGA is considering upgrading its 2400 baud connection to
its UNIX servers to at least a 14.4K connection.  Any product
suggestions with comments on reliability, reputation, etc. would be
appreciated.  Nothing fancy in the way of required specs; we only need
something to handle a single line.  Working budget is < $600.  E-mail
would be appreciated.  Thanks... 

 |--------------------------------------------|----------------------------| 
 |    I would've gotten away with it too,     |      Russell M. Johnson    |
 | If it hadn't been for those meddlin' kids. | rjohnson@aisun2.ai.uga.edu |
 |--------------------------------------------|----------------------------|   
 |   -Famous last words from a variety of would-be villains foiled once    | 
 |         again by the clever detective work of Scooby and friends.       |
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|





Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: Nitezki@NiDat.sub.org (Peter Nitezki)
Subject: Re: strange Zyxel modem problem
Organization: private site of Peter Nitezki, Kraichtal, Germany
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:09:45 GMT

In article <30203@optima.cs.arizona.edu> kline@cs.arizona.edu (Nick Kline)  
writes:
> I have a next 68040 cube running OS 3.0 with a zyxel 1496E modem
> running 5.02 Roms.
> 
> I have a strange problem.  I get line noise and then the modem  
eventually
> hangs up.
> 
> One way to cause the problem is to log on at 9600 baud and cat a large
> file.  After a while it seems to overrun the capabilities of the  
computer.
> 
> I am using all the default setting on the Zyxel, and have a proper 68040
> modem cable that worked before with a 2400 baud modem.
> 
> Another strange problem.  Sometimes, it transmits some characters
> incorrectly or they don't appear.  The modem claims a 9600/ARQ/v42.b
> connection, which I thought mean error correction.
> 
> After it kind of hiccups and doesn't transmit a few characters,  
sometimes
> I interrupt the modem with 3 '+' and then type ati2, which is supposed
> to dump the stat.  Sometimes, the stats do not print out correctly
> on the screen!  Its like the modem is sending the wrong stuff, or there  
is
> a problem with the cable.  I don't think I have a problem with
> the cable, as it worked fine for a year.  Its just that all kind of
> funky chars print out instead of the ati2 info.
> 
> I have tried all of the various tests discussed in the manual.  Nothing
> comes of them.
> 
> 
> 
> Earlier this year my modem worked fine also. Nothing has really changed
> since then, it just doesn't work.  
> 
> Any ideas?  Someone has offered to swap modems with me (a diff. brand
> of 9600 baud and I could try that).
> 
> After reading this, it looks like the problem could be:
> 
> 	a. bad cable
> 	b. bad modem.
> 
> The system I'm calling is a unix box, actually a cisco router which
> calls the unix box.  I have also called another terminal server which
> connects to unix boxes and have verrified the same kind of problems.
> 
You haven't stated which device you use to connect to the modem. This is  
important as the type of flow control is determined by the device.
I myself run a 1496E V5.3c on a NeXTstation (040) and have absolutely no  
problem at 38.4k! You ought to use device cuf(a,b) for HW-flow control and  
better set full speed of your port since both modem and computer support  
this speed and should make best use of their buffer memory at full speed.
In my case the ZyXEL worked right out of the box with this setting. The  
proper cabling is described in the NeXT manuals that come with the  
machine.

Modem transmit speed is in any case no reason to choose the speed of  
async-port accordingly (as long as it is high enough, of cause). 
-- 
Peter Nitezki       | Nitezki@NiDat.sub.org # Blessed thou who knoweth
Staarenbergstr. 44  | Tel.:  +49 7251 62495 # not about the pleasure and
D-7527 Kraichtal 2  | Fax :  +49 7251 69215 # delight of being hooked
GERMANY             |                       # up to the Net. Peter 1,3-5
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: R3DRS@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU
Subject: Advantages of ZyXEL 1496E over USR Sportster???
Organization: The University of Akron
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:45:39 GMT

Well, i almost had decided on a USR sportster 14.4 for my plunge into the high
speed modem world, but with all the recent traffic about the ZyXEL modem, my
interest is sparked.  I had previously ignored the ZyXEL because (due to comput
er shopper) i thought the modem was going to cost $469, but recently
finding out the ZyXEL can be had about the same price as a sportster, i am
ignoring it no longer.  Basically, im interested in how the ZyXEL 1496E (that
is the one that is about $325??) compares to the USR sportster.  Some
specifics:
    1) Does the ZyXEL support 14.4 faxing (I assumed the sportster did, but
       later found out it only supported 9600 fax)?  Class 2??  How is the
       software that is included?  Any problems with third party fax software?
 
    2) Could someone explain the caller ID capability and how it works
       (pertaining to the modem)...  also, what voice capability is
       included?  Is their software that uses the voice capability?
 
    3) What manufacturer makes the communications chipset?  (i only ask this
       as i have heard the the rockwell chipset is a bit buggy, and i know
       nothing else about it)  I have heard that the ZyXEL uses a 68000?
       Why all of this processing power?
 
    4) I have read about the ZyXEL programmers mailing list.... what types of
       projects are underway and what is the extent of the ZyXEL's
       programmability???
 
    5) General opinions about the comparison of ZyXEL and USR, and other modems
       in the price range????
 
  Thank's in advance for your time...   David Snyder
                                        R3DRS@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU
From: banshee@cats.ucsc.edu (Wailer at the Gates of Dawn)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Saga of a ZyXel U-1496E modem
Keywords: dead
Date: 22 Jan 93 19:54:38 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: am.ucsc.edu


crucci@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Chuck Rucci) writes:
>I hope that ZyXel is now happy that the thing finally
>died and fell into the grave so that they can replace it now. It is
>very unfortunate that this is what it takes since everyone raved about
>these modems on the internet. (that's why I bought it in the first place)

No one likes it when something they buy is defective.  Nothing is perfect 100%
of the time.  Sounds like their tech support is pretty good to me -- calling
them before you'd tried it on another phone line is pretty lame on your part.

-- 
The Wailer at the Gates of Dawn              | banshee@cats.UCSC.EDU       |
Just who ARE you calling a FROOFROO Head?    |                             |
DoD#0667  "Just a friend of the beast."      | banshee@ucscb.UCSC.EDU      |
2,3,5,7,13,17,19,31,61,89,107,127,521,607....| banshee@ucscb.BITNET        |
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: hope@huracan.cr (Theodore Hope)
Subject: Re: Diffs between 16550A & 16550AFN
Organization: Proyecto Huracan - Fundacion Nahual / San Jose, Costa Rica
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 09:49:30 CAM

>> Thre is the misconception that the 16550A & 16550AFN are two diferent
>> UARTS. They are not! In reality, they are the same. Both function the
>> same way, i.e., with FIFO buffer. The 16550A is the soft designation.
>> The 16550AFN is the hard(ware) designation.

Sorry to keep beating the horse to death, but I have two chips:

  NS16550AFN (National Semiconductor)
  TL16C550AN (Texas Instruments)

I believe these two are functionally identical.  Does anyone think they're not?

--
Theodore Hope / Proyecto Huracan - Fundacion Nahual / San Jose, COSTA RICA
Xref: sparky comp.dcom.modems:20044 alt.security:5381
From: palmer@icat.larc.nasa.gov (Michael T. Palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,alt.security
Subject: Re: Caller ID products?
Date: 27 Jan 93 21:49:19 GMT
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA  USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: icat.larc.nasa.gov

palmer@icat.larc.nasa.gov (Michael T. Palmer) (me) writes:

>In Southeastern 
>Virginia, we have Caller-ID with absolutely no blocking of any kind offered
>at any price.  A telemarketer's dream, eh?  I'm not sure if I should be
>screaming at the phone company, the State Public Service Commission, or
>both.  I guess I'll start with both - I just found out that it was here
>(CNID) last week.

>I'll let you know if it'd do any good for you to scream at them, too.  :-)

Actually, I just got a different story when I called Bell Atlantic just now.
"Anonymous Call Rejection" (misleading name, huh?) is available for 25 cents
per use.  Sound reasonable?  Not if you consider how few people will actually
pay a quarter extra for every local call to a business...

Great.  Now I can keep myself off the mailing lists by paying to use my own
phone as if it were a pay phone.  No wonder the businesses are happy.  But,
sure, *technically* I have the right to privacy as long as I want to increase
telco profits.  So, with Caller-ID, the non-business customer loses both ways.

-- 
Michael T. Palmer         |  "A man is crazy who writes a secret in any
m.t.palmer@larc.nasa.gov  |   other way than one which will conceal it
RIPEM key on server       |   from the vulgar." - Roger Bacon
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: dre@orac.holonet.net (Andre T.M. Alguero)
Subject: Problem DL'ing with Boca 14K and new machine.
Keywords: Boca, download, trouble
Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access BBS: 510-704-1058/modem
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 01:35:11 GMT


I just got a new 486 33Mhz box with integrated video and IDE HD controller.
I put in my trusty old Boca at IRQ3, Com2, which worked fine in my old 386-40
(w/o integrated anything) at all speeds, now I get anywhere from 20 to 50
CRC errors during a Zmodem transfer of a 1MB binary file. 

I can't seem to figure anything out to resolve the problem. Anyone have any
clues?

Thanks in advance.

-Andre'

Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: BYTERIDER@EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH (KELLER,CESAR WALTER)
Subject: Re: "International" modem?
Organization: ETH ZUERICH
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 09:59:12 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

In <1k775oINN23u@hpsceo.scd.hp.com> schmitz@scd.hp.com writes:

> Is there such a thing as an "international" modem that works in any
> country?  I am under the impression that phone lines are different
> in different countries; is there a modem that can handle all (or
> most)?  E.g., if I take my Hayes modem that I use here in the USA to
> Australia, will it work?  Will it die?

Any modem will work in Australia. But it might not be legal, but who
really cares about that.
Here in Europe all modems must be approved by the phone company, like
the FCC in the USA. In Switzerland it is even illegal to SELL unapproved
modems, but of course they work perfectly.  Only difference is the
220Volt plug, different phone plug and better BUSY signal detection (adapted
for Switzerland).

So all you really have to do is go to the store and buy a phone cable/plug and
maybe a 220V to 110V adapter (does Australia use 220V or 110V??).

See you, CESAR, Zurich, Switzerland
From: johnboyd@OCDIS01.TINKER.AF.MIL (John Boyd;LAHDI;)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: New interim modem standard
Date: 27 Jan 93 17:54:11 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet


Printed without permission from Communications Week, January 25, 1993:
=======================================================================
by Martha Strizich

Eighteen companies involved in modem development and manufacturing last
week said they have formed a consortium to promote a new high-speed modem
modulation scheme called V.32terbo.
	The new scheme will allow modems to operate at 19.2 kilobits per
second.  V.32terbo-compliant modems will interoperate, according to the
consortium.
	The group will publish specifications of the scheme so that other
companies can build products compatible with the standard.
	Some consortium members plan to announce V.32terbo-compliant modem
products as early as next quarter.
	The breakaway move by these companies comes in response to the need
for high-speed modems that can operate faster than existing V.32bis
standard modems, which have a data throughput of 14.4 Kbps.
	V.fast, a proposed modem standard that would allow such devices to
interoperate at speeds of up to 28.8 Kbps, is currently under development
by the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee.  But
progress on the standard has been slow, and industry experts who attended a
CCITT meeting on V.fast in Geneva earlier this month do not expect work on
the standard to be completed until mid-1994.
	The V.32terbo scheme grew out of a proposal made at the CCITT's
meeting last September by AT&T, National Semiconductor Corp. and Penril
DataComm Networks Inc.  The proposal which was voted down, had called for
the committee to approve an interim standard called V.32ter that would
allow modems from different vendors to interoperate at 19.2 Kpbs.
	According to Dick Stuart, vice president of technology for Penril
DataComm Networks, Gaithersburg, Md,. his company and other companies
involved in the V.32terbo group will start announcing products based
on the V.32terbo scheme in the second quarter.  In the near future,
several major modem players not affiliated with the new consortium also
will announce V.32terbo-compliant product, Stuart said.
	General DataComm Inc., Motorola Codex and Racal Datacomm Inc.
opposed the V.32terbo proposal.  According to Julio Siberio, division vice
president at Racal Datacom, Sunrise, Fla., the opposing group will announce
next month at the ComNet show plans to stick with the pending V.fast
standard.
	General DataComm, Mototola Codex and Racal Datacom have all
announced plans to ship proprietary versions of V.fast.  Motorola Codex,
Mansfield, Mass., starte shipping a V.fast modem in May 1992.

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