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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: V32bis with V42bis Screen Updates
From: lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Laurence Chiu)
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 21:04:15 GMT
Organization: GCS Limited, Wellington, New Zealand
Keywords: V32bis V42bis

In article <15852nINN2fd@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> strat@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Steve Davis) writes:
>lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Laurence Chiu) writes:
>
>>[...]updates should be blindingly fast if both sides are doing compression.
>>This does not happen. My screen updates (admittedly using ANSI
>>graphics) seem more like 9600 speed. This is under DOS using PC+.
>
>There are two potential problems:
>
>1.  The combination of terminal emulation software and processor
>speed on your end slow down text as it renders to the screen and
>scrolls.
>2.  The combination of BBS software and processor speed on the
>computer you are calling slow down text as it is pulled off the
>other machine's hard drive, possibly displayed on the other
>machine's console, and then sent over the modem to you.
>
>If your computer can't deal with text moving at that speed it will
>step in and use hardware flow control to slow down the incoming
>data.  If the other machine can't generate text for the output
>buffer as fast as the modem on the other end wants it, the modem on
>the other end is going to take whatever is in its buffer, make a
>packet and send it along, slowing down the process somewhat.
>
>You can 1) Buy a faster computer, 2) Buy your SYSOP a faster
>computer, 3) show the author of your SYSOP's favorite software how
>to write faster code, or 4) get a better terminal emulation
>package.
>
>The modems have nothing to do with this.
>
>Stratocaster
>
>
>-- 
>  Steve Davis  |    Contact me at ...            | The Boarding House BBS!
>               | Internet:  strat@cis.ksu.edu    | 9600 baud (v.32/v.42)
>               | FidoNet:    Steve @ 1:295/3     | America: 913-827-0744
>   *** What shall we use to fill the empty places where we used to talk? ***

That sounds all very reasonable. The problem I have understanding is,
why then on the same BBS I can get 1600cps downloads (I am using a 386/40
8m) and the BBS is a 386 of some flavour) but can't get the same speed
on text files.  BTW I tried Telemate and it seemed a little bit faster,
especially when I turned off ANSI graphics!

Laurence Chiu
From: CSP1DWD@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (CSP1DWD)
Subject: Re: QBlazer $299
Date: 30 Jul 92 01:48:02 PDT

The Netcom.Com folks are selling them for $289, I think.

-- Denis 
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: yanagida@ole.cdac.com (Bruce A. Yanagida)
Subject: Re: UUCP window size (solved, thanks)
Keywords: uucp, window
Organization: Cascade Design Automation
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 22:38:45 GMT

yanagida@ole.cdac.com (Bruce A. Yanagida) writes:


>I have a stock Sun Sparcstation 2 running SunOS4.1.1 with the stock Sun
>provided UUCP software (a Honey Danber variant).  I have recently
>installed two new Telebit WorldBlazer modems for UUCP.  I believe I may
>be running into problems with the UUCP window size setting.  Does
>anyone know what the default setting for SunOS UUCP is?  Is it 7?  If
>so, how can I patch it to 3 if I wanted to experiment?


Thanks to hargen@sybus.com, I have managed to patch a uucico executable
with adb and set the window size to 3.  The default for Sun is indeed 7
and that seemed to be causing problems for some of my UUCP neighbors
running different versions of UUCP.  If anyone else is interested, I can
send you the same instructions.
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From: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas) 
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: INTEL SATISFAXTION 400
Date: 25 Jul 92 15:33:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591
Reply-To: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas) 

A word of warning about the Intel SatisFAXtion 400 internal 14.4 fax
modem -- not only does it have a number of annoying bugs, but it has a
fairly serious flaw:  Since the 400 has no non-volatile storage for
firmware, the firmware must be downloaded each time the system is turned
on.  The problem is that Intel only provides a DOS downloader, with no
plans to support NT or UNIX.  The workaround for OS/2 is to download the
firmware in a DOS boot session.  In other words, the SatisFAXtion modem
is a DOS-only modem!
From: bender@oobleck (Duke of Canterbury)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Serial and Parallel interface ??????
Date: 29 Jul 1992 02:25:50 GMT
Organization: SPARK's R US
Distribution: world
Reply-To: bender@oobleck.eng.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: oobleck
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon VE3XCL) writes:
: In article <gR9FoB5w164w@zswamp.UUCP> geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh) writes:
: 
: [[  MUNCH!  ]]
: 
: >   They are... the interrupt overhard of high-throughput byte-at-a-time I/O 
: >will cripple anything.  The 16550's 16-byte buffer helps, but what's needed is 
: >an intelligent serial card.
: >
: >   Unfortunately for Craig, I don't believe that there are such things for 
: >Amigae, [...]

Ahh, but there are! (dvsg0223@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu) designed and had manufactured
a card called the Golden Gate card - it sits on both the Zorro (Amiga) and
PC bus, and provides the necessary signal translation between the two - the
goal of the card is to be able to use IBM-PC peripherals in your Amiga, but
have the device driver code run native on the 680X0, so this isn't a Bridge
Board in that it doesn't have an Intel 80XX CPU on it, it just provides a
bridge between the two busses.  I've gont one of these cards and the quality
is superb.  Here's part of the writeup on the (supplied) serial device
driver:

: No mountlist entry is required to use the driver with a terminal program.
: Simply put the driver into your "devs" directory, and change the serial
: device in your terminal program to "ibmser.device".  You do not need to have
: "binddrivers" or any other mounting program.  The AmigaDOS operating system
: will automatically mount the driver when it is first used.
: 
: The driver supports up to four units, numbered 0 through 3.  These
: correspond to the IBM serial devices COM1 through COM4.  You must set up the
: dipswitches/jumpers on your modem or multi I/O card to make the serial port
: COM number you want to use match the unit you specify with your serial
: device.
: 
: The driver will automatically select FIFO buffering if it senses a newer
: series 16C550-compatible UART chip in the IBM card.  Otherwise, it will stay
: with normal 16C450 compatibility.
: 
: If you want to access the new serial ports from the CLI, you can experiment
: with creating a mountlist entry, listing "ibmser.device" under the device
: heading.
: 
: I have been using this driver with a v.32 IBM-type internal modem on my
: A3000 at 38400 DTE baud rate without any problems.

mike
From: rsj@wa4mei (Randy Jarrett)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Experiences with QBlazer
Date: 27 Jul 92 00:44:42 GMT
Organization: Amateur Radio Gateway WA4MEI, Chamblee, GA

In <1992Jul25.194738.1429@afterlife.ncsc.mil> sjr@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Stephen J. Roznowski) writes:

>I see that Telebit is offering QBlazers for $299.00.

>I'm interested in hearing about people's experience
>with this modem, before I consider ordering one.

>Thanks,
>-- 
>Stephen J. Roznowski	(sjr@afterlife.ncsc.mil)

in the August (vol 11 #14) of PC Magazine they did an evaluation of several
different portable modems.  The Qblazer was rated best.  See the magazine 
for details.

Randy


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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: billmcc@seanews.akita.com (Bill McCormick)
Subject: Re: INFO-MODEMS Digest V92 #825
Organization: SEANEWS - Seattle Public Access News & Mail
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 23:56:50 GMT

In article <9207211338.AA08813@ocdis01.oc.aflc.af.mil> johnboyd@OCDIS01.OC.AFLC.AF.MIL (John Boyd;LAHDI) writes:
>In your message of 21 Jul 1992 at 0204 CDT, you write:
>> 
>> Bzzt.  Thank you for playing.
>> 
>Gad, you're rude.  Don't you think you can make your point without 'sound
>effects'? It's not cute, but is certainly is plebian!! Info-modems is *not*
>a game show, but an intelligent information exchange forum.  You *can* set
>someone straight without trouncing them.  Stop acting like a 12 yr old and 
>grow up.  

Yes, you're right.  That was unnecessarily rude.

I hope the original poster will accept my apologies.

Bill
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: gjacknow@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Greg Jacknow)
Subject: Info on Hayes v.42
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 15:10:13 GMT

I am looking for some information on a modem.  I don't have it in hand, but
my friend sayes it has HAYES V series and v.42 on the front.
Does this modem do MNP 2-5?  and is there a BBS or fax number where I can
get the cammand set for this modem from HAYES.  or of course does anyone
out there have the docs and would be willing to copy and mail me a set?


please reply to me personally as this group is tough to keep up with. :)

Greg Jacknow
gjacknow@gmuvax2.gmu.edu
From: clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon VE3XCL)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Internal vs External modem peerformance
Distribution: comp.dcom.modems
Date: 23 Jul 92 18:18:52 EDT
Organization: Private UUCP "Twig" Node

In article <+9dm#ah.harlan@netcom.com> harlan@netcom.com (Harlan Lau) writes:
>Is there any reason to get an external modem other than being able
>to see the lights and being able to share the modem with other
>PCs?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Harlan Lau
>harlan@rambus.com
>

        To use the modem on something other than a PC.  You never know what
might happen in the future with your computer equipment or where else you
may want to use your modem.

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From: daniel@blackhl.hacktic.nl (Daniel Ockeloen)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Supra V.32bis ROM upgrades???
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 13:56:44 CEST
Organization: The Black Hole BBS, Utrecht Holland


>     I've used it.  It cost a lot of money and doesn't work.  The FAX can't
> even work on Supra FAX.  I need a ROM upgrade to correct the bug.  By the
> way, I've mailed to the tech-support on compuserve.  They told me just send
> the registeration card and wait.  I DO send back about 14 days ago, but I
> can't find my registeration on the BBS (it's money again).  I don't think I
> have enough patient to wait for the ROM.  Any comment? 

I have the 1200-c version (about 2 months now) and I checked the fax, it works
without any problems with there own software and most of the software from other
modems using the Rockwell chips (used MTEZ and QL2FAX so far). The best results
are with the 'postscript'  format from the mtez program.
There is still a bug as far as i know in the data<>fax reconizing, but this is
only a problem when you want the modem to be used as a fax and modem at the
same time.

| Daniel Ockeloen (daniel@blackhl.hacktic.nl)
| BBS The Black Hole : +31-30-940197
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: ctt31684@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ching Tai)
Subject: Re: Mac modems vs PC modems??
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 09:11:54 GMT

saustin@bbn.com (Steve Austin) writes:
>laviers@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Cocotte Minute) writes:
>->    I am looking to buy an external V32bis fax/modem.
>->I got a great price for a USR sportster (409$CDN).

>->The thing is... the salescritter told me that if I buy one
>->for my PC, it won't work on a mac.

>->I suppose (he didn't tell me this- he didn't seem to know that much)
>->that it's because of the difference between the two type of serial ports
>->(422 on the mac and RS232 on PCs).

>I have used a Zoom 14.4 modem on both a Mac, PC and SGI.  The only thing
>that I had to do for the Mac and SGI Indigo was to get a cable that
>could handle the baud rate.  I got one from EggHead.
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          57.6k is not that fast, I'm using a real thin cable right now and
the cable is about 13' long.  So, I don't think the problem is w/ the cable.

	(I don't have an Indigo, but I have a Personal Iris; so this applies
to the Personal Iris/25TG).  The iris uses a 9-pin serial port, but the wiring
is DIFFERENT than the pc's 9 pin serial port, so a normal "pc" modem cable
won't work.

>	Steve

-Ching
From: wb8foz@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Date: 18 Jul 92 17:18 MDT
Subject: Re: Serial and Parallel interface ?????
Nf-ID: #R:mac1.711295729@ra.msstate.edu:-1648465818:1992Jul18.131817.9040@usenet.ins:1835123815:001:1110
Nf-From: skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu!wb8foz    Jul 18 17:18:00 1992


Others said:
# To take the original question a step further, why cant a modem be
# designed that uses the parallel port for increased throughput?

No reason, really, except history.

The parallel port used on PeeSee's is called "Centronics" after the
printer company that popularized it. Big Iron used far different
parallel printer connection schemes. In addition, on the original
PeeSee, a missing jumper made the parallel port 'write only' rather
than bidirectional. So which standard are you going to choose?

In addition, for all its flaws, RS-232 (or what passes for it...)
serial connections have a long history of connection modems and
terminals together. So there was and is a large installed base
of stuff out there.

We all *KNOW* that what we need on our modems is an Etherhose
port, but that's a different story...;-}



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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: medin@catbyte.b30.ingr.com (Dave Medin)
Subject: UDS modem bug notice
Reply-To: medin@catbyte.b30.ingr.com
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville AL
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 15:09:20 GMT

I was asked to post this note from UDS, in response to a problem
noted awhile ago on the PPP mailing list. I thought it would also be
appropriate here as well. The text is verbatim per their release.

"An incompatibility has recently been discovered when a
UDS V.3225 modem running MNP is used in a specific asynchronous
application [read, a certain vendor's PPP product]. Changing
async character format after a call has been established will
result in incorrect data characters being received. This will occur
when a call is established by AT dialing at 7E1 (7 data, even
parity, 1 stop) and then changing to 8N1 once the modems have
gone "ON LINE." This incompatibility exists only when MNP is enabled
and only on V.3225 modems with firmware versions prior to 2.08.08.
When equipped with 2.08.08 the modem can be enabled to pass the
parity bit unchanged by setting S72, bit 5 (decimal 32). UDS
Motorola will provide an upgrade to 2.08.08 for users with this
particular application. For further information contact UDS
Technical Support at 1-800-221-4380."

I've now done my good deed for the day...  :-)

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From: jra@lawday.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (John R. Ackermann x2966)
Subject: Modem autoanswer problems
Reply-To: jra@lawday.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (John R. Ackermann x2966)
Organization: NCR Corporation, Law Department, Dayton OH
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 20:33:32 GMT

I have a problem with a Zyxel 1496 modem in autoanswer mode.  I don't
know if this is specific to this modem, though, because it's a behaviour
I seem to see frequently.

I have the modem set up for autoanswer and auto speed select (DTE held at
a fixed speed).  When dialing in at 2400 baud, I often hear the first
lower pitch tone, and then the second higher one, but never followed by
the noise that I assume is 2400 baud.  Thus, I never get a connect.  But
if I hang up and dial in again, the Zyxel usually will cycle properly to 
2400 and things are fine.  This doesn't happen all the time, but
frequently enough to be annoying.

I've also observed this behaviour when dialing in to a Microcom 2400, as
well, so as I mentioned above I don't know if this is a common problem
or something I can cure at the answering modem end.

Thanks...
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From: bruce@tssnext.rmNUG.ORG
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ZyXEL Caller ID?
Date: 30 Jul 92 08:10:34 GMT
Reply-To: <bruce@TotSysSoft.com> (Bruce Gingery)
Organization: Total System Software

kauppila@sunburn.ec.usf.edu. (Jim Kauppila (IE)) writes:
: Has anyone had any success in getting the ZyXEL Caller ID working?
: 
: I have had no success at all getting it working here in Florida with
: GTE phone service.  I do have a caller ID box sitting next to the modem
: that picks up and identifies every incoming call so far.

Out of curiosity, is it possible that the CID box is trapping the CID
signal and not passing it through to the modem?

Bruce
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From: mehdi@armon.rain.com (Mehdi Attaran)
Subject: Re: INtel[D[D[D[Dntel 9600ex connect with USR Sportster
Organization: Armon Public Access Unix System -- Portland, OR, USA
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 04:23:54 GMT

Trentc@debug.cuc.ab.ca writes:

>I have an INTEL 9600EX modem and I have a problem connecting to a USR
>Sportster, it is an older modle[D[Del modme[D[Dem with no error
>correction on it.  I can connect at 1200 bps with no problems, but when I
>try things at 2400 bps, I get all sorts of line noise. Ay[Dny ideas?

Change your older USR 2400 modem's B setting.  (I think B0 is the setting you
need.)


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From: galeana@nauvax.ucc.nau.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Kermit and Zterm Questions
Date: 29 Jul 92 23:12:47 GMT
Organization: Northern Arizona University

first Kermit:Is there a bar that shows you how much you have transfered
and how much do you have to go.  I'm using kermit 8.5, and I know that Zterm
has this kind of bar.  And now Zterm:  When I use Zterm to communicate to
the university vms/vax machine I log on with no problems.  But then
when I want to see some news groups, they appear double spaced, and most of the
time I have to use control S, in order to pause it.  Is there a way to fix
this problem, or does it just come like this.
Which is faster,Kermit or Zterm?  Our vax machine only has kermit, and when I
download stuff I also have to use kermit in my computer.  If I use kermit
to send files, is it possible to receive the files with Xmodem or ymodem using
zterm.
        Any responses or REplyes would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks
From: tnixon@hayes.com
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Supra problems & their BBS
Date: 30 Jul 92 20:20:07 GMT
Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems
Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA

Not that I want to defend Supra or anything, but I do want to 
command on a couple of points in a previous article.

In article <1992Jul25.131356@aminet.uucp>, barrett@aminet.uucp
(Keith Barrett) writes: 

> 	1. Performing a ATZ use to drop DTR/DSR on the old Supra 2400,
> 	   but doesn't on the new one. This made it easier for UNIX
> 	   and UUCP users because a DTR drop or ATZ would cause a dataset
> 	   disconnect - it no longer does. Please put this back!

Have you tried checking the value of the &S command?  It controls 
whether DSR is nailed high or tracks the offhook condition.

> 	3. When the phone is never answered, the modem returns "NO CARRIER".
> 	   It should return "NO ANSWER".

Hayes modems do not return NO ANSWER if the phone is never answered, 
unless you've used the "@" (Wait for Quiet Answer) dial modifier. I 
imagine that Supra is probably the same.  If you simply dial a 
number without using "@", and it never answers, S7 will expire and 
you get NO CARRIER.  That's always been the way it is defined to 
work.

	-- Toby

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From: m91mfr@tdb.uu.se (Mikael Fredriksson)
Subject: Want info on possible speeds with VenTel EC18K34.
Organization: Dept. of Scientific Computing, Uppsala Univ., Sweden
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 08:36:04 GMT

I've recently got a VenTel type EC18K34 modem, of course without
any documentation. :-(
When I use it I can get 2400 baud. But I have heard that this modell
can go higher than that. Any info on how to set higher speeds (if
possible at all) would be appreciated.

Thanks de Micke



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