--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F3T00009 Date: 03/23/98 From: ISMAEL CORDEIRO Time: 06:56pm \/To: TOM RUTHERFORD (Read 5 times) Subj: Escape Sequence Dispute Hi, Tom. TR> Peachy! I thought you had a Courier, though. Oh well...Oh, it's TR> me that's got the Courier! Duuuhhh! :-) For a simple user it doesn't make a lot of difference having a Courier or a Sportster. TR> How did he get Zmodem to work? With my Sportster at DCE rate = 14400 bps and DTE rate = 57600 bps, and V.42/V.42bis, I've got 1650 cps downloading a zip (deflated) archive and 4140 cps downloading a non-compressed BBS file list, both downloaded to the ramdisk. TR> I know it wouldn't work with the RS-232 on the serial bus. When TR> the drive takes off, the modem goes deaf. So, streaming protocols TR> wouldn't work. That's what you knew when you used a C128. Maybe it's different now. TR> Does that Turbo232 do any kind of buffering besides the FIFO on the TR> UART, if any? I don't know. You would have to read the specs for the 6551 ACIA and the Turbo232. TR> Oh well...So it goes. :-( We probably oughtta end this or move it TR> to NetMail. It's better to move it to the CBM or CBM-128 echoes. See you there. Ismael ___ CRR QWK 1.60+ --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Juxtaposition BBS. Lasalle, Quebec, Canada (1:167/133) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F3T00010 Date: 03/23/98 From: ISMAEL CORDEIRO Time: 07:39pm \/To: JEAN PARROT (Read 5 times) Subj: W in USR aka 3com. Salut, Jean. > IC> There is no W command in USRobotics modems. JP> I was trying to get my PCMCIA to report the connect ( DCE ) rate. JP> And from there we, I, digressed to the point that we got to discuss JP> the &W command. JP> I will then ask again, how does one get the USR to report/change JP> the DCE rate, if it is possible at all. USRobotics modems _always_ display the DCE rate. The only command related to the CONNECT messages USRobotics modems have is | &An &An enables/disables additional result code subsets (see Xn). | | &A0 ARQ result codes disabled | &A1 ARQ result codes enabled | &A2 V.32 modulation indicator added | &A3 Protocol indicators added* LAPM/MNP/NONE (error control) | and V42 bis/MNP5 (data compression) (the default) JP> We use this one on AOL mainly and it shows 28k8, mostly 26k4 and a JP> few 31k2. Those are DCE rates. DCE rates for V.43 modems are 33600, 31200, 28800, 26400, 24000, etc. JP> I have it at 152k. That is DTE rate and it's 115200 bps. DTE rates are 115200, 57600, 38400, 19200, 9600, etc. JP> I am writing these figures from my PRAM ( personal RAM ) so they JP> might be out. I take it then that this is DCE, floating with the JP> line conditions. The DTE rate is fixed, and set by yourself (maybe sometimes set by the program but you should be able to change it if you want), so there is no need to display it. USRobotics modems _always_ display the DCE rate and _never_ display the DTE rate. Ismael ___ CRR QWK 1.60+ --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Juxtaposition BBS. Lasalle, Quebec, Canada (1:167/133) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F3T00011 Date: 03/23/98 From: GARTH RAMSAY Time: 12:22pm \/To: JOHN PARKER (Read 7 times) Subj: V90 sportster/courier ? 19-Mar-98 22:55:30, John Parker wrote to Ludovic Braun Subject: V90 sportster/courier ? JP> My complaint is the same. I paid a lot of money to have a top of JP> the line modem (Courier) and the inexpensive Sportster owners get JP> better treatment. v.90 code is already out for Sportsters, not JP> for Couriers. I paid hundreds of dollars for my modem, Sportster JP> well. My friend upgraded his Sportster 2 days ago and he now gets JP> connect rates in the high 40's instead of the low 40's. Why JP> should his upgrade be available first when I paid three times as JP> much for my modem? To me this is a kick in the a** to Courier JP> owners, who are usually a very loyal group. OK... I'll trade you Even... your Courier for my V90 Sportster :-> -=> Garth Ramsay <=- .!. "Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Einstein ___ T-TAG 1.10 [*Registered* by :Garth: :Ramsay:] --- Terminate 5.00/Pro*bt * Origin: My Point -----> * <----- Saskatoon, Sask. Canada (1:140/17.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F3T00012 Date: 03/23/98 From: MARK LEWIS Time: 06:21pm \/To: CHARLES JACKSON (Read 5 times) Subj: V90 performance CJ> Has anyone else noticed this. I dropped from a solid 53,333 CJ> on every connect to my ISP to 52,000. Granted this isn't CJ> much but I was surprised to see performance go down instead CJ> of up. X2 was a bit aggressive on the uptake... in most cases, after the initial connect, the modems, dropped down a notch or two in speed... V90 seems to be not quite as aggressive and thus maybe more "true to life"... the above is IMHO and based in part to reading other's reports and my own experiances... )\/(ark * Origin: (1:3634/12) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F3T00013 Date: 03/23/98 From: CRAIG FORD Time: 08:45pm \/To: MARK LEWIS (Read 7 times) Subj: V.90 Links mark lewis wrote the following to Craig Ford, and I quote (in part): -=> Note: Copied from USR_MODEMS by WIMM/2 1.31 CF>> --+ | USRSTATS Version 4.30 | 03-21-98 02:14 | Caller 45177/2 JB>> That version number jumped out at me, Craig.. Can I get 4.30 JB>> somewhere? CF> To the best of my knowledge, USRSTATS is no longer available CF> (at least not from 3COM/USR or the its author). ml> i thought he was asking if maybe you still had the 4.30 archive ml> around... i'm running 4.19 here and would also be interested in ml> acquiring a newer version if possible... It is not availalble. USRSTATS v4.30 is likely to appear on one system exclusively, that being the Majestic Moose. You probably wonder why..... That is the BBS run by the author of USRSTATS, Joe "Mr. Courier" Frankiewicz, and he is no longer making the util available. Regards.... Craig aka: cford@ix.netcom.com : craig.ford@2001.conchbbs.com --- timEd/2 1.10+ * Origin: Dayze of Futures Past * V.Everything * 281-458-0237 * (1:106/2001) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F3T00014 Date: 03/23/98 From: CRAIG FORD Time: 08:55pm \/To: JOHN DUKE (Read 5 times) Subj: ? John Duke wrote the following to All, and I quote (in part): JD> Does anyone know the command to disable 56K? For which modem? Regards.... Craig aka: cford@ix.netcom.com : craig.ford@2001.conchbbs.com --- timEd/2 1.10+ * Origin: Dayze of Futures Past * V.Everything * 281-458-0237 * (1:106/2001) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F3T00015 Date: 03/22/98 From: RICK COLLINS Time: 10:58pm \/To: BOB WINGENDER (Read 5 times) Subj: V90 At 08:57/22/Mar, Bob Wingender (1:284/11) said: ==================================== BW> BTW, you have any ideas on transfer errors coming IN but not going out? BW> I can send files all day with nary an error but get masive errors when BW> receiving. That's usually an indication of buffer overrun in the UART. Reduce the UART trigger level a notch or two. What type of system are you using (DOS, Win95 etc)? What's your video card? Rick --- Msged 4.00 * Origin: The Warlock's Cave, Ottawa ON (1:163/215.39) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F3T00016 Date: 03/22/98 From: BRUCE WILSON Time: 08:26pm \/To: PHIL ROBERTS (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: V90 Upgrade Wizard On 22 Mar 98 12:59am, PHIL ROBERTS wrote to BRUCE WILSON: PR> It's a Windows program about a meg long, which checks to see PR> what type of modem you have (20 or 25 mhz, for example) and then PR> dials out to USR to download a 500K or so SDL. The whole PR> concept of this seems to be sort of silly! Downloading 1 meg PR> from the web, which in turn downloads 500K on your dime. Fortunately we still have the SDL, which is still DOS and over which I can exercise complete control of the process. :-) * Silver Xpress V4.4P [Reg] --- Platinum Xpress/Win/Wildcat5! v2.0 * Origin: Get All Your Fido Here! telnet://docsplace.dynip.com (1:3603/140) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F3T00017 Date: 03/22/98 From: BRUCE WILSON Time: 08:26pm \/To: GENE LOWRY (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: V90 On 21 Mar 98 11:25pm, GENE LOWRY wrote to BOB WINGENDER: GL> I was able to FTP both SDLs this afternoon without a problem as GL> Anonymous, I've loaded it into one of my Couriers and haven't GL> seen any problems. I FTP'd both (the 20 for home, the 25 for work) via AOL Sunday and made a call to USR's bbs just to have the experience of getting a V.90 connection. (AOL is still at x2, at least locally to me.) * Silver Xpress V4.4P [Reg] --- Platinum Xpress/Win/Wildcat5! v2.0 * Origin: Get All Your Fido Here! telnet://docsplace.dynip.com (1:3603/140) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F3T00018 Date: 03/22/98 From: DAVID BOWERMAN Time: 11:12pm \/To: PHIL ROBERTS (Read 7 times) Subj: Courier Upgrade now available! Phil Roberts wrote in a message to All: PR> How well does it work? I like it so far. The lowest initial PR> connection I've gotten with X2 was 46.6, and the highest was 50k, PR> with most of my X2 connections at 48k. Using the v90 load, most of PR> my connections are 46.6, but the modem behaves differently. PR> Using the X2 load, my ARQ light would flash frequently, which I PR> take as an indication that the modem is frequently attempting to PR> get the host to resend data. The ARQ light stays on most of the PR> time with the v90 load. The throughput looks good. Much the same here. The initial connect is generally about 1,333 lower than what I was used to with the older SDL but the data transmission speed seems to be higher and the ping results stabler. On the other side, one friend flashed his Courier and his connect rates to the our ISP jumped by 1,333 to 2,666 while remaining stable. A better job of analyzing line conditions at a guess. Regards, David --- timEd/2 1.10+ * Origin: Frog Hollow -- a scenic backroad off the Infobahn (1:153/290)