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From: mlord@bmers63.bnr.ca (Mark Lord)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: QIC-80 Tape Drives
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:59:31 GMT
Organization: BNR, Ottawa, Canada

In article <6APR92.08513786@skyfox.usask.ca> friesenda@skyfox.usask.ca writes:
>... (Irwin on the other hand
>does have OS/2 software, but it presently costs $269!!!)

The IRWIN s/w (EZTAPE/PM) is only $99 if you already own EZTAPE/DOS,
which is supplied with virtually all Irwin Drives.

Also, the DOS version works fine in an OS/2 2.0 DOS window, 
unlike the Colorado stuff which does not work at all at present.
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From: erik@alcbase.gun.de (Erik Forker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,de.comp.sys.ibm
Subject: Bios-Update for Diamond-Stealth
Date: 6 Apr 92 00:59:02 GMT
Organization: alchemist's research kitchen

Does anybody know, where to get the newest Bios- and Windows Driver
Versions for the Diamond Stealth video board.

Preferably as files (the Eprom contents)!!

IMO the latest releases are:

BIOS 2.30
Drivers 1.20 or 2.30 (are identical)

Please mail me if you know where to get them!!

Thanks in advance

Erik
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: bchs1b@Elroy.UH.EDU (Michael Benedik)
Subject: Re: Good 15 or 16 inch monitor
Reply-To: bchs1b@Elroy.UH.EDU
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 20:49:49 GMT

In article <12356@umd5.umd.edu>, adhir@cygnus.umd.edu (Alok Dhir) writes:
>I am preparing to buy a full 486/50 Local Bus system and I want advice on what
>kind of monitor I should guy.  I have been thinking about the Mag 15" but I
>just read that the Mag 17" (seventeen) has a poor quality display and is
>not actauuly 17", but closer to 15".  So this seems to indicate to me that
>the 15" wouldn't be much better and probably has like a 13" display...
>is this true?  Does anyone have experience with the Mag 15"?  How is it?
>
>I definitely want a 15 or 16" monitor and I'd like it to be able to do 
>1280x1024 (it doesn't HAVE to, but I'd like it).  I have between 500-800
>dollars to work with.  Does anyone have any suggestions on what to buy?
>How much can I get the Sony 1604 for?  How about the NEC 4fg, is that a
>good monitor?  How much is that?
>
>BTW - it was PC Computing that gave a poor review of the Mag 17" monitor.
>
>Thanks in advance...
>
>						- Al
>

You can get the Sony 1604 for high $900 (like $995 or so). supposed to
be a great monitor. Planning to get one but have not yet.


	---------------------------------------------------
	 Michael Benedik
	 Department of Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences
	 University of Houston
	 INTERNET: Benedik@UH.EDU	BITNET: Benedik@UHOU
From: grendel@cis.ksu.edu (Stephen Spencer )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 1239A screwup
Date: 9 Apr 1992 14:07:20 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University, Department of Computing and Information Sciences
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: harry.cis.ksu.edu
Originator: grendel@cis.ksu.edu

I own a Seagate 1239A (IDE).  Every now and then it will (in the middle of 
whatever I'm doing) power down and park.  5-8 seconds later it will spin back
up and keep going.  The problem is that if I happen to be in the middle of a 
write it will crash whatever partition its on.  Has anyone else had a similar
problem?  I've been told that it is probably the drive and not the interface
but I would rather not send Seagate $250 and a perfectly good drive if 
someone else has found the interface to be at fault.  Anyway, thanks in 
advance for the information :)

-Steve Spencer


-- 
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a part, and mine a sad one.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: sja@world.std.com (Stuart J Adams)
Subject: Wanted: vendor of laptop motherboards
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 16:14:44 GMT

I want to but several laptop motherboards. Does anyone know of a vendor
who sells them ?

Thanks,

Stuart Adams
sja@world.std.com

-- 
Stuart Adams
1036 Fellsway
Medford MA 02155
(617)258-2257
From: km4c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ke-Wei Ma)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: AMI vs MICRONICS MOTHER BOARDS survey.
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:25:57 GMT
Organization: Sophomore, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware: 7-Apr-92 Re: AMI vs
MICRONICS MOTHER.. by daparish@beckman.com 
>  Makes justifying the AMI just a little more difficult, n'est ce pas?
>  
    That's hard to say since Gateway 2000 uses Micronics motherboards,
except for their EISA systems, and the fact that many users have
problems with them. A lot of readers can attest to that.

Ke-Wei
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: csjohn@knuth.mtsu.edu (John Wallace)
Subject: maxtor 210 meg scsi disk
Summary: maxtor 210 meg scsi disk
Organization: Dept. of CS, Middle TN State Univ, Murfreesboro, TN
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 03:26:44 GMT

Not too long ago, there was a lot of talk here about
a new scsi drive that Maxtor was going to start selling
this month.  It was to be fast & cheap & 210 megs.  
Does anyone know anything more about this drive?  
Is anyone selling it now?   How much does it cost?
How fast is it?

- John

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: it1@ra.msstate.edu (Tim Tsai)
Subject: problem with wd8003e ethernet card
Organization: Mississippi State University
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 03:06:08 GMT

  I am having trouble installing a wd8003e on my machine.  When
I run the diagnostics, it fails to pass the memory check test.
The same card works on my AST 286 machine though.  Here's
the setup and the configurations I've tried.

  Machine:  386sx-20, 4 megs RAM, AMI BIOS (dated 4/91 I think).
            The motherboard uses various Intel chips (didn't notice any
            "name brand" chipset, but part of the motherboard is
			obscured by the drives.)

            ATI VGA Wonder w/256K
            WD1003 MFM controller with a Seagate ST-251
            DOS 5.0 with Stacker 2.0

            (Actually, there are lots of other boards and software
            that are normally loaded, but I've removed them to
            minimize conflicts.)

  I have tried various combinations of IRQ, I/O Base address, Ram Base
Address, etc with the same result.  Running the Crynwyr (formerly
Clarkson) packet driver yields the message "WD8003E not found at
address" or something similar.  Any ideas?  Thanks...

  PS:  I actually have two wd8003e, and both work on my 286, but not
on the 386SX.  I tried an Everex Speedlink on the 386SX and it works
fine (but then again, the Everex doesn't need a RAM Base address).

  Tim - it1@ra.msstate.edu
From: roh@CS.ColoState.EDU (Lucas Roh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: WORLD-WIDE SHORTAGE OF 3.5" DISKS
Date: 9 Apr 92 20:06:34 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University

In article <1992Apr9.105909.26987@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de> volker@sfb256.iam.uni-bonn.de ( Volker A. Brandt ) writes:
| In article <1992Apr7.142624.29747@a.cs.okstate.edu> ong@a.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) writes:
| >I read rumors in the trade papers saying that even Borland had to beg
| >Microsoft for some 3.5HD disks for their production use.
| 
| We have a serious shortage here in Germany, and our rumour has it that the
| asian manufacturers artificially introduced this shortage because the prices
| had gotten too low.
| 
Well, how dare they anti-dump (opposite of dumping) their products!  :-)
From: mark@totaltec.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Hi-color GIF/JPEG Viewers
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:48:47 GMT
Reply-To: mark@totaltec.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: Total Tec Systems Inc., Edison NJ

Hello everyone,

	I don't know if this question has been asked before but here goes.
Does anyone know of a GIF or JPEG file viewer that supports the new Sierra
RamDac Hi-Color chip with the ET4000 chipset? I know GIF is only 8 bits, so
I guess that 256 colors is as high as you can go but what about JPEG ? That's
24 bits.

Thank you in advance
Mark Remeta
mark@totaltec.com
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Monday, 13 Apr 1992 23:28:23 CDT
From: T J Furstenau <U10139@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Everex Modem Model EV-940 Help?


Just was given a used Everex EV-940 modem with no docs and was looking for
some help with it.  It has 5 dipswitches, and I have no idea how to
configure it.  Any info on this modem would be appreciated.  By the way,
I don't mean to appear stupid, but I'm assuming this is a 2400 baud modem.
That's correct?  Replies can be here or mail.  Thanks in advance.

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From: ctt31684@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (CMP)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Report on FOREX 386/33 board...
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:12:54 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

nall@sun8.scri.fsu.edu (John Nall) writes:
>The board is nice.  It is a mini-AT board, with 64KB of onboard cache,
>an AMD 386DX, AMI Bios, no numerical processor.  The only drawback is
>that it does NOT have a 32-bit slot.

Actually, it's a plus that the board doesn't have a 32 bit slot.  On most
boards that do have this slot, it took away one of the 16 bit or the 8 bit
slots, which is a lot more useful.

There're 2 things that make the 32 bit slot next to useless.  1) There's
no standard for it, so you'll need to buy the 32bit memory expansion card
from the same manufacturer (most of the times not even the dealer you 
bought it from stocks it).  2) You don't get any kind of pin outs or any other
even remotely technical stuff on the slot with your mother board.

Also, I've not personally known anyone who have gone beyond 32MB of RAM yet...
Maybe, the manufacturer realized this and decided to do away with the slot.

-Ching
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From: khx@se44.wg2.waii.com (Kamran Husain)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,houston.wanted,tx.wanted
Subject: 386 chip?
Date: 9 Apr 92 13:22:25 GMT
Reply-To: khx@se44.wg2.waii.com
Organization: Western Geophysical Exploration Products

I have traced my problems on one of my PCs to a bad 386DX-25
cpu chip. The local vendor I usually deal with told me that I must
buy a whole new motherboard since CPU chips by themselves
are not available.  Is this true? If so, why? Is it not legal?

The cost of a new motherboard (386DX;0k;AMI;25MHz) is
about $300. (sounds high!?!) I can re-use my SIMMs but not my 287 since thenew board only slots the 387. SO, I would just like to get a
new 386DX25 for my board. Any 386DX sellers (if this is legal)? 

thanks
kamran
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: a804938@pan.mc.ti.com (Doug Christensen)
Subject: Re: Questions about FAX Cards
Organization: Texas Instruments Materials and Controls Group
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 21:32:53 GMT

In article <1992Apr13.010004.3600@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> husak@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Stephen R. Husak ) writes:
>Could someone post or e-mail me some information on FAX/Modem boards...
>	
>       Specifically...

>       1) How do they work... (like a terminal mode or something)
>       2) Is there a certain format to the files?
>       3) Are they compatible with all types of FAX???
>       4) Can FAX machines call my computer and send/receive FAXes
>       5) What are some good brands and software!

>       Thanks!

>-- 

>Comments/Questions/Concerns,
>--
>Stephen R. Husak

I Have a Zoom Fax/Modem 9624 with WinPro 2.0. The board can sen or receive
and is interupt driven. To send a Fax, I just select the "Winfax Driver" 
from the printer list in "Printer Setup" for any Windows Application and
print to it like a printer. It will pop up a dialog box asking for the 
number to send to (it includes an address book to select from) and other
info such as resolution desired and time to send if you want to send at 
a later time. It seems to work well.  

The receive function is interupt driven and if you eave the manager 
application running as an icon, Faxes will be answered and stored to disk 
as received (WinFax Pro 2.0 allows send to printer on receipt too). Settings
of options are easy.
 
___________________________________________________________________________
Doug Christensen   @a804938, pan.mc.ti.com   (Attleboro,MA)
From: schovill@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Eric)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Serial Cards w/4 or More Ports
Keywords: serica
Date: 14 Apr 92 04:01:01 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Purdue University

Could anyone e-mail me some info on serial cards that use more than four 
interupts and are unix/os2/msdos compatible.  I am faced with only two com
ports under unix and cannot afford to buy a couple of ethernet cards.

Help anyone?   

                          Eric
                          schovill@mentor.cc.purdue.edu

Please e-mail.
From: danderer@chopin.udel.edu (Dave Anderer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Driver for IBM AT 1.44 FD
Keywords: Driver AT
Date: 7 Apr 92 17:34:23 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware


This is really a FAQ.  There is at least one PD program out there (FDFORMAT)
that allows old ATs to support 1.44 Mb drives.  It also does some
other things you may or may not find neat.

Contrary to what's often stated here, you do NOT need to replace the
BIOS for this to work.
-- 
    Dave Anderer        danderer@brahms.udel.edu       (302) 831-8805
Instructional Technology Center, University of Delaware, Newark, De.  19716
		"Sinners can repent; stupid is forever."
From: ctt31684@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (CMP)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Is it safe to use 4x8 SIMM for 386/40 motherboard?
Keywords: RAM, 4x8 SIMM, parity check
Date: 15 Apr 92 18:47:39 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

bill@chaos.cs.umn.edu writes:
>kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) writes:
>>>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>Someone posted in a forsale newsgroup that he can sell new 386/40 motherboard
>>>with 16 (not a typo) Mb RAM (4 4x8 SIMM) for $350.  I am wondering if anybody
>>>has experience with this type of SIMM.  Is it safe since there is no parity
>>>check?  Any comments would be much appreciated.
>>>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>It depends on the motherboard.  I have a 386 motherboard that will
>>take x8 or x9 simms.  For the x8 simms parity checking has to be disabled.

>ok so when has anyone had their machine recover from a parity error anyway?
>1. parrity error
>2. freeze machine
>3. cycle power

>sure you don't know how may time a parity error has quietly been corrected.
>but think on this.
>mac's don't use parity
>turning off a mac without shutting down can trash the os
>macs don't check parity
>the year is 1992, silicon is pdg (pretty darn good)
>you figure

>--
>bill@chaos.cs.umn.edu


I have been using MAC (1*8 simms) mixed with 1*9 simms in my computer for
a while now, and I've got no problems with it.  The only thing is you loose
parity check, but hey, it's only a parity check (i.e. not eror correcting).

The only bad thing I can imagine that'll come out of this is I'll get
a memory error and won't know it.... and wing command might give my 500 enemy
ships to blast away.  Of course if I had parity check on, I'll be forced to
reboot the system.  Actually, given me the choice I'd use 1*9 simms, but
hey you've got to do with what you have..

-Ching
From: smbrush@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (Andy Brush @Sverdrup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: QIC-80 Tape Drives
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:25:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: lims02.6APR199212251293
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <6APR92.08513786@skyfox.usask.ca>, friesenda@skyfox.usask.ca writes...
>Hello all,
> 
>I noticed alot of questions asking which QIC-80 tape drive to
>buy,
[deleted]
>Just a note for OS/2 users: Colorado doesn't have backup software
>for OS/2 and it doesn't look like any is coming in the near future.
>Someone from the comp.os.os2.misc area was told by Colorado that
>they were going to focus on finishing their Windows software first,
>and would think about OS/2 if it caught on. (Irwin on the other hand
>does have OS/2 software, but it presently costs $269!!!)


I called Irwin about OS/2 software last week.  They have EZ-Tape PM, for 
$99 (list price).  A new release specifically for version 2.0 is supposed 
to be out in May, for the same price.

Andrew S. Brush             | SMBRUSH@LIMS01.lerc.nasa.gov
Sverdrup Technology         | 2001 Aerospace Parkway
NASA LeRC Group             | Brook Park, OH 44142
"Opinions are Mine, Only"   | (216) 826-6770
From: tomb@tandon.com (Tom Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Memory problem
Date: 9 Apr 92 17:05:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: tandon.1992Apr9.170505.24776
Organization: Tandon Corporation, Moorpark, CA

In article <j8mm9as@fido.asd.sgi.com> pdc@sgi.com (Paul Close) writes:

>Isn't this what cache is for?  On a machine with cache, I would think you
>would see negligible speed improvement with shadow ram.

Paul,

Yes and no... the main problem with caching 8-bit ROMs is that generally
the cache controller will fetch more than is needed (to build locality).
The trouble is that most (if not all) of those accesses are locked cycles.
This means that a DMA device can't get through.  If the floppy, Hi-proform
video, network, SCSI, etc. card was operating, the latency in getting
around to servicing that card might be too long.  For the floppy, retries
sometimes help, but generally retries are turned off at power-up so it 
may be impossible to boot a floppy.  It just depends on the latency problem.
If the system is fast enough, there may not be any problem.


-- 
Tom Barrett (TDBear)        tomb@tandon.com                  voice 805-378-6207
Tandon Corporation          1:102/1006.6@fidonet.org           fax 805-529-8895
Sr. HW Design Engineer      "War is Peace, No is Yes, And We're All Free!" 
[The views expressed herein may not be shared by the organization of origin]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: russest@ampex.com (Steve Russell)
Subject: Re: Driver for IBM AT 1.44 FD
Keywords: Driver AT
Organization: Ampex Corporation, Redwood City CA
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 22:45:50 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.164315.31@vulcan.resmel.bhp.com.au> chrisc@itmel.bhp.com.au writes:
>
>Could anybody suggest a way to connect a 1.44mg floppy drive to an original IBM
>AT.
>
>As an original IBM AT controller only supports 360k and 1.2mg floppy drives.
>
>Are there any drivers available ?
>
>Any mailed response would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance.

Upgrade the BIOS.

-steve
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: Iskandar Taib <ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: Minimum number of 4Meg SIMMs?
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 12:51:22 -0500

In article <1992Apr5.211247.28060@colorado.edu> drew@kinglear.cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt) writes:
>In article <1992Apr2.231342.2574@vax1.umkc.edu> ebath@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
>>
>>I have heard, not from "real authorities," that the 386 and higher machines
>>must have 1M SIMMs placed in groups of four so that it can write to four at
>>a time to get the 32-bits.  If this is true, do you also have to have 
>>multiples of four chips for 4M SIMMs?  In short, can you order a machine
>>with four meg in the form of one 4Meg SIMM?
>
>In most cases, you need memory that is 32 bits wide.  
>Normally, this will mean 4 1M SIMMs.
>1M X 9 SIMMs.  

Unless you buy an IBM PS/2, Compaq or other off-brand machines, which
use special 18 or 36 bit-wide SIMMs. Thats why you'll see special up-
grade kits for these machines in the RAM ads. Weird stuff like 2 Meg
SIMMs.

btw.. does anyone know of any Macs that can use 512Kx8 SIMMs besides 
Mac IISi's?  Guess what they ship these buggers with... I know where
there is a huge box of these weird SIMMs lying around unused. Just 
the thing for an old Plus...
-- 
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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 and AMI Incompatability
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:16:57 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1992Apr8.150605.13468@eng.ufl.edu> jason@alpha.ee.ufl.edu (Jason Nadrowski) writes:
>An important note to the notion of throwing windows away after one gets OS/2. 
>OS/2 windows support is limited to the windows 3.0 platform, not the faster and
>better windows 3.1!

Er, not quite.  First, OS/2 2.0 includes better interapplication
protection, even for Windows programs, than Windows 3.1.  Second,
"WIN-OS/2 3.1" was demonstrated at Comdex/Spring.  The .1 update to
the Windows code should make its way into OS/2 2.0 within a couple
months I'd imagine.
-- 
Timothy F. Sipples       Keeper of the OS/2 Frequently Asked Questions
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu  List, available via anonymous ftp from
Dept. of Economics       128.123.35.151, directory pub/os2/faq, or via
Univ. of Chicago  60637  netmail from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET.
From: rlee@bgsu.edu (Bob Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Formatting floppies with enhanced density
Date: 17 Apr 92 18:03:18 GMT
Organization: Bowling Green State Univ.

About a year ago I got this nifty formatting program called FDFORMAT. This
program allows IBM users to increase the density of their disks when they
format them (a 1.44 meg disk can have a capacity of up to 1.76 meg, a 1.2 meg
disk can have a capacity of up to 1.43 meg, etc). To read these specially
formatted disks requires a driver to be loaded into your environment
however. But once the driver's installed the reading and writing of these
enhanced formatted disks works great!

However, after formatting close to 100 disks with this program, it occured
to me that maybe my enhanced formatted disks are a lot more prone to data
loss since less surface on the disk is used to store the binary 1's and 0's.

I was wondering if anyone out there has had experience with formatting 
programs such as FDFORMAT and if they are safe to use or if the threat of
data loss is too great that they should be stayed clear of.

Thanks for any responses!   

-BOB
From: carvalho@mtechca.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Help: Increased/improved async throughput
Date: 4 Apr 92 21:33:34 PST
Organization: MAINTECH, A division of Volt Delta Resources, Inc. Orange, CA

Is there a reliable way to increase the speed/throughput of the async
controller/ports on an AT-class machine? I've been reading all the talk of
19.2+ modems and was wondering if an AT class async could handle the
throughput.
--joe
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