HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: Arthur@cswamp.apana.org.au (Arthur Marsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Distribution: world
Subject: Worldblazer not autobauding correctly at 38400
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 10:13:16 +1000

On Sat 19 Dec at 10:47 Brad Templeton wrote:

 BT> From: brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton)

 BT> I had not thought about the chance of the 14400 bps
modulation speed. 
 BT> However, I would not feel too scared of it.  The chances of
it are slim, 
 BT> nobody makes v.32bis without v.42 that I know of, and also
it's not a very 
 BT> usable modulation.  There are so many points in the matrix
for v.32bis 
 BT> that you had better have error detection.

I connected to a bbs in Sydney (about 1300 km from here) at
14400bps with no error correction apart from Trellis Code
Modulation every day for several weeks with no noticable line
noise. It depends on the line conditions (and to some extent, the
quality of the modems). My modem supports MNP 4 badly, and V.42
LAPM not at all, so I used no error correction.

 * Origin: Camelot Swamp MJCNA, Hawthorndene, Sth Australia
(8:7000/8)

Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Digicom Scout modem
Date: 30 Dec 92 15:49:41 GMT
Organization: Netcom
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

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

Quickcomm produces modems under license from Digicom Systems Inc. They
are also based on Digicom's chipset.

: 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

Try to look at AT*O while online. It will report the line speed you are
connected with, the error protocol used and the received signal level.

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

Try *G0 instead of *G1. This will raise the threshold before a lower
speed is negotiated during the initial handshake. As per the other
settings, Dave McLane explained them rather well.

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: clau@acs.ucalgary.ca (Christopher Lau)
Subject: Re: Uploading to Internet (was Re: PPI modems...)
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 07:52:44 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag) writes:
> jbuhler@owlnet.rice.edu (Jeremy Daniel Buhler) writes:
> 
> >...the internet machine won't accept uploads at ANY speed, even
> >2400 with EC and compression disabled and my local port locked at 2400.  
> 
> Odds are you're not connecting directly to the internet machine, but rather
> are doing something like this:
> 
> You <-> Your modem <-> Their modem <-> Terminal Server <-> Net <-> Machine.
> 
> I have a situation exactly like this.  The problem lies in the terminal
> server.  It is trained to watch for certain "escape codes" which will drop
> you out of the Server <-> part of the connection so that you can establish
> more connections or do something else.  Crude multi-session computing.  When
> you start a transfer, the server "escape code" nearly always comes up
> pretty quick, and the server decides that you want to do something else,
> promptly yanking half of your connection route, so that the data flow is
> interrupted.
> 
> The fix?  Tell the server you want "download mode" or something of that ilk.
> The command for a CISCO server (what I deal with) is 'term download'.  Other
> brands would probably have similar commands, I'd suggest asking a telecom
> person at your school what the command is for your particular setup.


If you can't get your terminal server to go into a transparent mode and you're
using zmodem, try it with the -e flag-  this tells it to quote all control
characters so they don't interfere with the terminal server.  This almost
always works (unless the terminal server escape code is alpha-numeric
eg:  "\server" or something similar), but unfortunately reduces your throughput
by about 12-13% (assuming a flat distribution- 31 ctrl chars/256 possible ascii
codes).  Protocols like Kermit always quote control chars, and therefore work
under almost any conditions, but since most are not streaming protocols, their
effective throughput leaves much to be desired.

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From: lee@hsh.com (Lee Havemann)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Anyone out there successfully get a 14.4K modem running on a Sun?
Date: 31 Dec 92 13:54:39 GMT
Organization: HSH Associates

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.admin,cu.sun.managers
Subject: Re: Anyone out there successfully get a 14.4K modem running on a Sun?
From: almquist@wam.umd.edu (Squish)
Date: 31 Dec 92 05:45:46 GMT
Organization: Human Interface Technology Lab (on vacation)

> 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


Actually the latest (and greatest :-) Kermit is C-Kermit 5A(188) final 
release, available from watsun.cc.columbia.edu (128.59.39.2) in all the 
/kermit directories.
  Is has all the bugs in the beta versions fixed...

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.admin,cu.sun.managers
From: mckeeveb@monashee.sfu.ca (Gumby - The unknown user)
Subject: Re: Anyone out there successfully get a 14.4K modem running on a Sun?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 05:48:28 GMT

mesm@netcom.com (Mary E. S. Morris) writes:

>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.

I'm calling to SFU on a ZyXEL U-1496E+ running a tty rate of 19.2kbps
connected to a Hayes modem running at 14.4K.

While Sun may have problems with their tty code, I've found that from my
Sun3/60 I have few problems, provided I don't tax the CPU too much.  I've
been considering the possibility of trying 38.4 after upping the clockspeed
on the machine from 20MHz to 25, but I doubt that'll give me quite the punch
I'd need.

Oh, and I'm not having any problems with either hardware or software flow
control.

If your really intent on improving upon this performance, you'll either be
buying or writing a replacement streams package.  On a Sun3 I'd know where
to look for sample source, but not for SPARCs.

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From: jester@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Digicom Scout+ in Canada?
Date: 29 Dec 92 18:49:00 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

 Anyone know where you can get a Digicom Scout+ in Canada or a mail order
source in the U.S.?

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From: terryt@devax.admin.athabascau.ca (Terry Tanski)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: How do I get DSZ to work in Telix?
Date: 29 Dec 92 18:05:55 GMT
Reply-To: terryt@cs.athabascau.ca
Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems
Organization: Athabasca University - Computing Services


 
In article <1992Dec29.161825.29729@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael Rosen) writes:
 
[stuff deleted]
 
>Also, because I can't get zmodem to work to upload through a telnet
>connection and I'm hoping something else will work.
>
>Michael Rosen						"Time and space
>Tau Epsilon Phi - George Washington University		 can be a bitch."
>mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu					  -Quantum Leap
>Michael.Rosen@bbs.oit.unc.edu or @lambada.oit.unc.edu
 
I have solved the problem here at our sight. Before initiating the upload,
escape to the Telnet> prompt and turn passall mode on (passall command). After
that, built-in Telix ZMODEM transfers should work just fine.
 
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From: naddy@mips.ruessel.sub.org (Christian Weisgerber)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Why is Supra able to sell?
Date: 26 Dec 92 20:17:20 GMT
Reply-To: naddy@mips.ruessel.sub.org
Organization: My Individual Private Site
X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.04 Rev. Sep  5 1992

In <BxKxKG.BLB@news.udel.edu>, Bill Johnston writes:

> the answer is that people use modems in many different ways.  I mainly
> use the Supra to dial into the same terminal server every day.  About
> 25% of the time it fails to connect on the first try and hits on the 
> second.  While connected it performs as expected, so I'm satisfied.

And personal views differ, too. I have no unattended calls or any other
high reliablity applications at this time but I still consider a
"performance" like the one mentioned above totally unacceptable.

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: johnson@tigger.jvnc.net (Steven L. Johnson)
Subject: Re: Could somebody tell me the quality of Zoom Modems?
Originator: johnson@tigger.jvnc.net
Organization: JvNCnet
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 01:16:30 GMT

birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag) writes:

>(If anyone in the S. Jersey area wants to see if the Zoom in question will
>connect to _their_ modem at 14.4, the number's 609 778 5572 - I'm curious
>as to which brands work with which.)

I tried the number in question twice, and manually forced a retrain
twice while online with a Telebit WorldBlazer.  All connects were
12000.  FWIW.

-Steve
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: d87mt@efd.lth.se (Magnus Thelander)
Subject: Re: Gp-Fax version for ZyXel/Amiga
Organization: Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:28:58 GMT

In article <jvl.04fm@redorc.chi.il.us> jvl@redorc.chi.il.us (System Operator) writes:
>Does anyone have any info on a release date for a GP-Fax version that will
>work with the ZyXel modems on the Amiga?

   GPFax generic (_not_ Supra) for Class 2 already supports faxing with
ZyXEL modems.

Magnus
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From: fred@genesis.demon.co.uk (Lawrence Kirby)
Subject: PRONUNCIATION OF ZYXE 
Distribution: world
Organization: BT
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:33:35 +0000


In article <6690.212.uupcb@yob.sccsi.com> reginald.hirsch@yob.sccsi.com writes:

>
>TO: rstory@elegant.com (Robert Story)
>
>-> >   As if the X were an S and began the second syllable:  Zi'-sell
>
>
>  That's ok according to the New York Times - gigabyte is pronounced
>jigga-byte as "giga" is derived from giant.
>                                

They were nearly right - it comes from the ancient Greek 'gigas' which means
giant, which means it ought to be pronounced as in 'giggle'.

-----------------------------------------
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Wilts, England | 70734.126@compuserve.com
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From: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas) 
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: INTEL SATISFATION/400
Date: 24 Dec 92 11:26:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591
Reply-To: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas) 

camirkin@athena.mit.edu (Chad A Mirkin) writes:

 > I am planning to buy a Intel Satisfation/400 for two reasons. One
 > it has a UART chip; two it seems to have received good reviews.
 > There is a 400/E which is an external modem without UART chip and
 > the ability to distinguish voice calls from fax signals Reading
 > this conference I hear so many people being less than satisfied
 > with many fax-modems that I am having second thoughts about it.  I
 > would appreciate hearing from anyone who owns this fax-modem. Also,
 > is the Intel software that comes with it, any good?  I understand
 > there is a Canadian company marketing software where a regular
 > modem can receive and send faxes. Has anyone any info on this?
 > Thanks for any input.

Let me correct a few misconceptions.  First, the 400 does not have a
UART; instead it emulates a UART with a microporcessor.  This actually
works better than common PC UARTs.  (The 400e of course relies on the
UART in the serial port, which should be a 16550AFN for best results.)
Second, the ability of the 400 to distinguish calls depends on your
local phone service and whether or not one of the Intel configuration
options will work for you.  In other words, it may or may not do what
you want.  Third, "regular" (data) modems cannot send/receive faxes no
matter what the software.

I evaluated the 400 and rejected it for several reasons.  First, I
found a number of hardware and software bugs.  Second, I was
disappointed with Intel support.  Third, I discovered that Intel had
no intention of supplying firmware downloaders for non-DOS operating
systems like OS/2, Windows NT or UNIX, which essentially makes the 400
a DOS-only data modem (as well as fax modem), unless you buy third
party software (which is available at least for OS/2).  Fourth, I was
disappointed in the quality, compatibility and performance of Intel
software.  (Had I kept the 400 I would have used high-quality
third-party fax software.)  Overall I found that the 400 was an
excellent concept but a flawed implementation.  Nevertheless, you
might well be happy with it (as others have been) if you can live with
the flaws.

After I returned the 400, I got a USR Sportster 14400, which has
proved to be a terrific product.  My fax software of choice is
(currently) WinFax PRO 3.0.  Both are highly recommended.

Good luck and best regards,
John
From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: MTE ... MNP is s/w ??
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 23:05:11 EST
Organization: Izot's Swamp

shri@unreal.cs.umass.edu (H.Shrikumar) writes:

> 1. Is not MNP in a HDLC like *synchronous* packet format ?
>    How can a lowly async 8250 and async 2400 modem do MNP ?
>    or am I mistaken in understanding that a lowly PC and a lowly modem can
>    run MTE ?

   MNP Class 3 is; however, MNP can use any of Classes 1 through 3 as a base 
error correction protocol.  MTEZ uses MNP2, I believe.

> 2. Have you used MTE ... works ? How well ?

   Don't expect the throughput increase (~20%) that you get from modems that 
implement MNP3.  It will, however, correct errors caused line noise and such.

  Geoffrey Welsh, 7 Strath Humber Court, Islington, Ontario, M9A 4C8 Canada
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,
From: spcsup@solomon.technet.sg (Wong Fay Yu)
Subject: Re: Accex Modem ?
Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems,
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 13:02:33 GMT

Kenneth Soh (scstech@solomon.technet.sg) wrote:
: Hi !

: I would appricate if you can tell me the experience with 
: this modem if you are an Accex owner. 

: Which country is it made in ?

I brought one two years back. It gave up on me after about 1 year.
The warranty is one year - guess which modem I will not be buying.

It's made in Taiwan, by the way.

Cheerio! :-}
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: hibanez@wam.umd.edu (guzman)
Subject: WP office and 14400 modem
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:45:49 GMT

hello...

	I am not sure if this is the right newsgroup to send this
to so please direct to the right one if this isn't it.  We have
a WP Office async bridge with an Intel 14.4ex modem.  We had 
the software configured to communicate at 19200 and when someone tried
sending something at 9600, our modem didn't/couldn't (?) step down
to the other ends baud rate.

Anyway, we reconfigured our software for 9600 and it seems to work fine.
Now, I called WP support and they said that it is possible to have
the gateway at 19200 and that I need a modem setup string to allow for the
slower bauds.  My question is:  has anyone who is/has using/used WP Office
have theirs configured for 19200 bps?  If so, are you using a modem setup
string and what is it?

Please respond directly to me at:  hibanez@wam.umd.edu


Thanks.


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From: birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Possible FAQ question - What is V.32, V.32bis etc.
Date: 30 Dec 92 01:28:11 GMT
Organization: Screaming in Digital, the Queensryche Digest

sylve_ge@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Gerald Sylvester) writes:

>what I understand now, V.32 is just the 9600 standard, V.42bis is just
>MNP levels 2-5 data compression to bring a 9600 up to 14.4k, and V.32bis
>and V.42 more data compression and/or data correction.

AAAAH!  What lies have they been telling you??? :)

V.32 is the 9600 standard.
V.32bis is the 14400 standard.

V.42 is error correction.
V.42bis is mainly compression, theoretically up to 4x.

V.32 = 9600
V.42 = 14400

V.32 + V.42bis = 9600 - 38400 (38400 = 9600 x 4)
V.32bis + V.42bis = 14400 - 57600. (57600 = 14400 x 4)

-Shag

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From: matttrem@willard.UUCP (Matthew Trembley)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: UART
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 93 11:25:15 EST
Organization: Willard's House BBS, Atlanta, GA -- +1 (404) 664 8814

I've heard that you only need the UART when the modem is external unless 
you don't have it in the port you put it in.
How does one know what kind and if that UART is IN the actual port?

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From: rob@sound.demon.co.uk (Robert J Barth)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Case 4524 - wossitdo ?
Date: 26 Dec 92 22:41:40 GMT
Reply-To: rob@sound.demon.co.uk
Organization: Sound & Vision BBS (UK) 0932 252323
X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.20 $

I have 'acquired' a Case 4524 modem.
Can someone tell me what speeds this thing can do, and whether it is Hayes
compatible ? I haven't managed to get any life from it at any speed - do I need
something special ?
It has several buttons on it (DATA,ANS,TEST,AL,LOAD,DIAL) and the usual row of 9
LEDs...

any help appreciated
cheers
-rob-

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From: wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (Bill Mayhew)
Subject: Re: Re^2: HELP! problems with 2-line phones
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 16:12:51 GMT

I had problems where my Telebit worldblazer would not work properly
at 14,400 bps.  I eventually tracked the problem down to high
frequency attenuation on my line causing group delay problems.
Some detective work tracked the culprit down to a Uniden two line
phone.  Unplugging the two line phone made the problem go away.  My
loaction is wired with common D station wire (spiral twisted
R-G-B-Y in vinyl jacket) with two pairs going to all the wall
jacks.

I didn't pursue the issue any further than to determine the problem
was the telephone instrument rather than the wiring.  I just wanted
to pass along to the group that that problems might not be in the
wiring.

Wishing a happy new year...


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From: stella@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ricky ...suave... Stella)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ..new ROM's for BOCA
Keywords: BOCA, ROM, upgrades, 14.4,
Date: 21 Dec 92 15:46:02 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

carlos@infoserv.com (Carlos Dominguez) writes:

>ohd@ornl.gov (OLIVE D H) writes in comp.dcom.modems..

>> Actually I just ordered mine yesterday and the newest version of the
>> ROMs is 1.28.  

>Darn! I was told that it was 1.27, other netters have emailed me saying
>their chips are 1.27, and now BOCA pulls this?
> 
>That PPI modem sure is looking like the modem I should of bought..

I called BOCA on Thursday Dec 17th... The current ROM version then was 1.27.
I'm guessing that even if they told me 1.27, if a 1.28 exists, they will 
mail me the newest ones...

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