--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: E2X00014Date: 02/23/97 From: STEVEN WALLEY Time: 09:02am \/To: WALTER LUFFMAN (Read 8 times) Subj: Usr Failures WL>FWIW, I've had my external Sportster V.34+ for over a year, and I have WL>absolutely no complaints. It's fast, reliable and even looks good! My USR external 14K Sportster "breaks" at least once a year and has to be repaired under the warranty. I'm not as impressed by their reliability. This last time, it only lasted two months and I had to use by Zoom backup modem again (which hasn't failed this year or last). --- OLX 2.1 I have an RPI modem. May I park in the handicapped space? --- * Origin: The Learning Curve - Torrance, CA. (310) 371-0007 (1:102/332) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: E2X00015Date: 02/27/97 From: JOSHA HAUBOLD Time: 12:40pm \/To: ALL (Read 9 times) Subj: Practical Peripherals Modem I'm having a slight problem with my new PM288MT II external modem. The problem is that (not always, but most of the time) when I try to upload something, or download it, it seems that the modem will either refuse to send data, or refuse to receive it. I'm running the modem on a P-133 w/16550s, and the problem occures with all the terminal progs I try, but it only occures at connect speeds of higher than 14.4bps. I've contacted PP and they say that I have the latest ROM. The important settings are &D2, &C1 (? I can't remember positively, it is the CD signal tracks the actual carrier), and &K3 (or 1, both do the same) in the term progs, RTS/CTS is ON and XON/HOFF is OFF. Thanks, -Josha ... Plastic explosives will be appropriate later in the week. ___ Taggie-Punch v1.58 --- Terminate 4.00/Pro * Origin: Guitar Works AlmostBBS (1:227/129.400) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: E2X00016Date: 02/28/97 From: BARBARA MIRO Time: 12:41am \/To: ALL (Read 9 times) Subj: MODEM on sound card PACKA Packard Bell Pentium w/voice/fax/modem card. (Diamond). Seems to work fine except it wont do Long Distance Fax's. Seems like it sends it but wont give a hang up or end of fax command or something, fails, retrys a few times, then goes to the garbage pile. Any hints? 28.8 Modem, 14.4 Fax I guess I'm loking for the Exit String (it is left blank in the modem setup screen, and none mentioned in any help files. The init string is AT&K3 but then... --- QScan/PCB v1.16b / 01-0221 * Origin: Premier is now BBS.ifiles.com (1:3615/75) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: E3100000Date: 02/28/97 From: MIKE FARRILL Time: 11:57am \/To: HANS MANGOLD (Read 7 times) Subj: USR Bought Out -> Hello All! -> -> Just announced today after the close of stock markets: -> -> 3Com has purchased USR. -> -> I wonder if this is a case of bigger and better? I thought USR purchased 3Com. --- Platinum Xpress/386/Wildcat! v1.3 * Origin: MADDOG! BBS : (510) 895-8089 : San Leandro, Ca. (1:215/13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: E3100001Date: 02/27/97 From: BILL GRIMSLEY Time: 06:27am \/To: ROD SPEED (Read 7 times) Subj: Message traffic TA> Need some input from you folks out there please. In the TA> last couple of months, message traffic has dropped off to a TA> paltry 10 to 15 messages a day in this echo. I know that TA> because of the Internet, Fidonet message traffic is down. RS> Thats about right here in Australia. Fido's going down the RS> tubes basically. True, but the one saving grace is that you'll hopefully go down with it... --- MsgedSQ/2 3.50 * Origin: Brisbane, Australia (3:640/305.9) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: E3100002Date: 02/27/97 From: BILL GRIMSLEY Time: 06:31am \/To: DAVID DRUMMOND (Read 7 times) Subj: 30 Days David, at 08:53 on Feb 24 1997, you wrote... EW>> a lot of external protocol's do that "claim higher CPS EW>> rates" then Zmodem, they boost the CPS rates up. DD> What a load of shit! M> Watch your language in this echo. Whatever does he mean? Sure looks like English to me... Regards, Bill --- MsgedSQ/2 3.50 * Origin: Brisbane, Australia (3:640/305.9) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: E3100003Date: 02/27/97 From: RICK COLLINS Time: 05:55pm \/To: DAVE LYLE (Read 7 times) Subj: Illegal Transmitions -=> Quoting Dave Lyle to Rick Collins <=- -=> FidoMail to 1:163/215, please.-=< dl> IOW, in going the full 56k, the power level on the analog loop dl> would exceed the maximum permissible level ( 0dBm or whatever is dl> max)? Sort of like yelling into the phone? I'm not sure the problem is limited to the analogue portion of the line. TTFN. Rick. Ottawa, ON 27 Feb 17:55 --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.20 * Origin: BitByters BBS, Rockland ON, Can. (613)446-7773 v34, (1:163/215) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: E3100004Date: 02/27/97 From: RICK COLLINS Time: 05:56pm \/To: DAVID WEI (Read 8 times) Subj: RPI/WinRPI modems -=> Quoting David Wei to Disen Abella <=- -=> FidoMail to 1:163/215, please.-=< dw> Much like the iNTEL inside logo, it is a WARNING sign... it is a dw> way of using your CPU's processing power to do some of the stuff dw> a regular modem, do... like compression and error correction... dw> which means that when you are OUT of windows... you are OUT of dw> luck if you want to use Compression or Error Correction dw> feature... My suggestion? get a REAL modem with all the feature dw> built in hardware... never touch RPI or Winmodem... A little accuracy, please. An RPI modem relies on the comm program or a Windows driver to provide error correction or data compression. A "Winmodem" generally uses the system CPU to provide nearly _all_ modem functions, and do not work in DOS at all. TTFN. Rick. Ottawa, ON 27 Feb 18:00 --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.20 * Origin: BitByters BBS, Rockland ON, Can. (613)446-7773 v34, (1:163/215) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: E3100005Date: 02/26/97 From: HANS MANGOLD Time: 05:40pm \/To: ALL (Read 7 times) Subj: USR Bought Out Hello All! Just announced today after the close of stock markets: 3Com has purchased USR. I wonder if this is a case of bigger and better? Cheers, Hans --- GoldED/386 2.50+ / Squish / Maximus / Binkley / WINDOWS 95 / V34+ * Origin: Digital Encounters * Kamloops BC Canada 604/374-6168 (1:353/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: E3100006Date: 02/27/97 From: EUGEN WOIWOD Time: 06:47pm \/To: HANS MANGOLD (Read 7 times) Subj: USR Bought Out |*****************|Hans Mangold wrote: While Eugen was busy watching Star Trek DS9 :), Hans Mangold wrote.. HM> Hello All! HM> Just announced today after the close of stock markets: HM> 3Com has purchased USR. HM> I wonder if this is a case of bigger and better? |*************************************| Dont you mean the bigger the worse it'll get? :) I mean, it's bad enough USR started going downhill on modem firmware quality(by that I mean with the amount of firmware/flashrom upgrades they made) after the 14.4 Sportster's, and same goes for the manual's, which I heard were great with the 14.4 Sportster's and other model's before them, but after the 14.4's, USR slacked off on the manual quality as well. Maybe this time 3COM will get USR doing thing's properly again. Internet: Eugen_Woiwod@Mindlink.bc.ca ... "Adventure. Excitement. A Jedi craves not these things." - Yoda --- Terminate 4.00/Pro * Origin: Deep Space Nine :) (1:153/290.4)