--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 116 ZYXEL MODEMS Ref: CAS00003 Date: 06/20/95 From: CESARE TENSI Time: 11:47am \/To: CHRISTIAN PETERSEN (Read 5 times) Subj: ZyXEL Modems Hello Christian! Sunday June 04 1995, Christian Petersen writes to Cesare Tensi: CT>> ZFAX324.ZIP 1021539 28-May-95 Zfax Vers. 3.24 in versione Inglese. CT>> Programma di Gestione FAX per Modem ZyXEL mod. U-1496 CP> do it work under OS/2 WARP 3 ? I didn't tried. But, if you want, I can try for to see if it's work under Warp. My BBS running under OS/2 3.0. Cesare --- GoldED/OS2 2.50.Beta5+ * Origin: Sierra BBS - +39.6.39721568 - Orario 0-24 Every Day - (2:335/336) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 116 ZYXEL MODEMS Ref: CAS00004 Date: 06/20/95 From: DAVID BAIRD Time: 09:57pm \/To: DOUG PALMER (Read 6 times) Subj: OFF TOPIC Hello Doug! Sunday June 18 1995 20:01, Doug Palmer wrote to Jonathan Hutchins: JH>> Hence, it's relevant. DP> I decide what's relevant and what's not. This isn't, so take it DP> to where it is relevant, or drop it. Any further conversation on DP> this must be made in netmail. DP> Doug Palmer DP> Moderator -- Fidonet ZYXEL YUP same old Palmer... We still don't have 28.8's available for us sysops and when we talk about that it is off topic. Remember folks this is the same guy who HIJACKED this echo, so don't expect anything like fairness from him! David --- GoldED/386 2.42.G0614+ * Origin: Aslan's Lair - (413-458-5899)-Williamstown MA,USA (1:321/238) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 116 ZYXEL MODEMS Ref: CAS00005 Date: 06/22/95 From: STEPHEN HENDRICKS Time: 06:15am \/To: BLAIR BOYLE (Read 6 times) Subj: 16550 UART chips! Replying to a message of Blair Boyle to George Cabrera: GC>> I was informed by a technician that all external modems have a GC>> URT chip of 16550 and if your pc has a 16450 that the external GC>> URT will override this. I never heard of this....is their any GC>> validity to this question? BB> The 16550 UART chip is required for RELIABLE high speed BB> connections with EXTERNAL MODEMS. That is NOT 100% true. Some systems can run 16450 or 8250 uarts and still get reliable high speeds with V.34 modems. It is rare or impossible with most software and some hardware. BB> In layman's terms, it simply BB> governs the rate in which DATA is received through the modem and BB> written to your hard drive. Most PC's can't write the data fast BB> enough for high speed modems and the 16550 compensates for this. Not exactly accurate. I run my serial ports as fast as 152,000 without error. Also, it doesn't necessarily HAVE to be associated with writing to hard disk. Even writing to a ram drive the same serial interrupt errors can occur on most computer systems. The hard drive is vastly faster than the modem, so is DMA. BB> MODEMS themselves, DO NOT HAVE UART CHIPS. Untrue. Internal modems do. PC uarts will not supercede or take precedence over the uart of an internal modem. ONLY the fastest V.34, V.32bis etc. internal modems have 16550 class uarts. Some have simulated 16550 uarts and suffer as a result. BB> Your controller card inside your PC came with a standard 16450 Not necessarily. Many came with 8250 for years. MOST today have 16550, just as all the better makes of PCs do. IBM's have for years. BB> UART chip and is quite adequate if you are using an internal BB> modem. Should be, it isn't used when an internal modem is present, in fact, it must be disabled on the same port as the internal modem or neither is likely to operate. BB> However, most newer PC's are already eqipped with a 16550 UART on BB> the controller card in order to accomodate the newer high speed BB> (14.4 or greater) modems. Newer high speed modems are 19200 and up to 33600 bps. High speed originaly refered to 2400. Uart problems started with modems of 9600 speeds. As a result most new computer serial I/O cards do have 16550 class uarts. --- FleetStreet 1.04 NR * Origin: Island On Line - V.34+ Warp Speed 33600 (1:3630/90) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 116 ZYXEL MODEMS Ref: CAS00006 Date: 06/21/95 From: RAFAL WIOSNA Time: 06:10pm \/To: OSWALD NG (Read 5 times) Subj: Zyxel Elite 2864i Hi Oswald! On Sat Jun 10 1995 21:30 Oswald Ng writes in ZYXEL: ON> FFD371A4 >FN ON> .51.6v ot teg tnaw I >FN ON> ON> ?si ecnerffid eht tahw wonk uoy oD Do not use hacked IceEdit anymore... - Rafal Wiosna /// - --- GoldED/386 2.50.A0611+ 15PL1 * Origin: Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are (2:480/33) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 116 ZYXEL MODEMS Ref: CAS00007 Date: 06/22/95 From: JONATHAN HUTCHINS Time: 05:47pm \/To: DOUG PALMER (Read 5 times) Subj: Upgrade Pricing * In a msg of Wednesday June 21 1995 to Jonathan Hutchins, Doug Palmer wrote: DP> I'm fairly sure you can find a used one for that price. [The $190 ZyXEL is offering as upgrade credit.] DP> At any rate, tradein is rarely more than you can get selling it DP> yourself. True, but upgrades are supposed to bring you out ahead of buying a new modem outright and selling the old one - that's the whole idea. It's supposed to motivate people to get the modems upgraded so that there aren't a bunch of doggy, obsolete modems lying around making a bad name for the company that made them. "Oh, you have a ZyXEL? Too bad, we're all connecting at 33.8 now, and you're at 14.4." Not exactly the way to build a name for performance, eh? Jonathan. --- FMail 1.01a * Origin: -=<* From The Wolf's Den <*> Via ZyXEL U-1496E *>=- (1:280/76) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 116 ZYXEL MODEMS Ref: CAS00008 Date: 06/22/95 From: JONATHAN HUTCHINS Time: 08:10pm \/To: RANDY REESE (Read 5 times) Subj: PPI 28.8 V.34 BBS Number * In a msg of Wednesday June 21 1995 to All, Randy Reese wrote: RR> :< BTW The manual I use to set up my modem is the old one RR> for their 14.4 I is quite informative. The new ones are useful mainly as a thin pad to protect the modem during shipping. AT commands are listed by "functional group" with no alphabetic index; only the defaults for savable S registered are documented at all. Basically the documentation says "install our software and be happy with whatever you get". There is no documentation on how to get DTE speed as CONNECT speed (necessary for many com programs and most BBS and mailer programs), there is NOTHING about using the FAX functions. Anyone who's seen the docs that come with a ZyXEL will be shocked and angered by what PPI sends with their silly excuse for a modem (PM299MT II V.34 to be precise). On my system the modem reports four false FAX connections per day (to ZyXEL's ZER0); frequently locks CD high even wen the modem goes off-hook; refuses to answer about every third call, and is basically a reeking piece of excrement. It goes back to the store I bought it from as soon as the ZyXEL comes back from it's free repair (having been struck by lightening) in about three days. (Two days there, three turn-around, promised and lived up to in the past.) This is my second PPI. I was misled by the hype of throughput in a couple of reviews into believing that PPI had improved their product. Clearly product, attitude, and service have all gone the way of the Hayes quarterly report. (I tried a Hayes Accura too, by the way. 30% of my regular callers could not connect; a problem consistent with what our mail hub found when he went to Optimas.) Jonathan. --- FMail 1.01a * Origin: -=<* From The Wolf's Den <*> Via ZyXEL U-1496E *>=- (1:280/76) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 116 ZYXEL MODEMS Ref: CAS00009 Date: 06/22/95 From: DOUG PALMER Time: 10:19pm \/To: DAVID BAIRD (Read 6 times) Subj: OFF TOPIC DP> I decide what's relevant and what's not. This isn't, so take it DP> to where it is relevant, or drop it. Any further conversation on DP> this must be made in netmail. DB> YUP same old Palmer... We still don't have 28.8's DB> available for us sysops and DB> when we talk about that it is off topic. Talking about ZyXEL products is not off topic, David. Selling other brands is, and is perfectly suited to other echoes. This is hardly unreasonable. Neither is it unreasonable to follow the echo rules and leave commentary on moderation to netmail -- so I'm asking you, again, to take your commentary on moderation to netmail. You may find that unreasonable as well, but it is a rule you'll have to live with. DB> Remember folks this is the same guy who HIJACKED this DB> echo, so don't expect anything like fairness from him! I could make other comments, Rev. Baird -- but I'll make them in netmail. If you'd like to see advertisements for and discussion of other brands of equipment, I can guide you in the right direction. For now, drop the commentary on moderation. Commentary on ZyXEL modems and other products is perfectly within the guidelines of the echo. Do not reply to this message in the echo. I'll welcome any netmail on whatever topic you'd like to address. If you have a specific case where I squelched conversation which is germane to the echo, please let me know about it -- in netmail. Doug Palmer Moderator --- Maximus/2 2.02 * Origin: The Rock BBS -- ZyXEL Elite 2864 v.34 (1:387/31) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 116 ZYXEL MODEMS Ref: CAT00000 Date: 06/22/95 From: FLOYD DRENNON Time: 10:46pm \/To: DAVID BAIRD (Read 5 times) Subj: OFF TOPIC Hi David, DB> Remember folks this is the same guy who HIJACKED this echo, so don't DB> expect anything like fairness from him! And who's done a damn fine job since "taking" the job. I gave him a lot of flack for his method but you couldn't ask for fairer or more even handed moderation than you'll see here. --- Squish v1.11 * Origin: FLOYD'S FOLLY, Deatsville, AL V.34, Net375 NEC (1:375/100) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 116 ZYXEL MODEMS Ref: CAT00001 Date: 06/21/95 From: ROBERT BLEUMER Time: 09:29am \/To: GEORGE CABRERA (Read 5 times) Subj: ZyXell 1496E+ Hello George! On Monday June 19 1995, George Cabrera writes to All: GC> I was informed by a technician that all external modems have a URT chip GC> of 16550 and if your pc has a 16450 that the external URT will override GC> this. I never heard of this....is their any validity to this question? Never trust this technician again... external modems don't have an Uart at all. Greetings, Robert --- OS/2 PowerPC Beta 3.01 * Origin: Miami Beach BBS - Nijmegen Nl - 080-732083 - ZyX 19K2 (2:284/608) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 116 ZYXEL MODEMS Ref: CAT00002 Date: 06/22/95 From: BILL REYNA Time: 08:15pm \/To: GEORGE CABRERA (Read 5 times) Subj: ZyXell 1496E+ > I was informed by a technician that all external > modems have a URT chip > of 16550 and if your pc has a 16450 that the external > URT will override > this. I never heard of this....is their any validity > to this question? ^^^\..In response to../^^^ Basically, all external modems will have a UART and if found on a later model modem more than likely will be a 16550 or emulate one. If your system has internal serial connections they more than likely be 16450 UART's which must be disabled if the ext. modem is using the same serial port address. Thus, you will be able to use the ext. modem. Some systems have dual or two serial ports build-in into the mtrbd. if so verify if that's the case. If not, then you may have a m/f card providing the same function. hope this helps. -_-_-Bill --- * Origin: Bordertown - Telegram from the Border (1:234/43)