--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F4200129 Date: 03/27/98 From: JAY EMRIE Time: 10:07am \/To: MARK LEWIS (Read 6 times) Subj: V90 Upgrade ML> JM> The fact is most long distance calls are carried on better lines ML> JM> than might be on your local telephone lines. So, the reliabity of ML> JM> your call should be greater. ML>jeff, ML>i can back this up 1000000000%... i can get X2 and now v90 calls all over th ML> but the local lines in my area just barely support ISDN... i live just over ML>miles (yep!) from my central office... X2 and v90 work great on LD... fter ML>ashed both my couriers to v90, i tested by calling USR BBS and bob juge's bb ML> got something like 46333 with you and i'm thinking 50someodd with bob's pla ML>. one thing that is really funny is i connect to bob's place over the intern ML>nd suffer the lower speeds in trade for the lower cost I'm afraid I do not understand. Before I can reach the long distance lines from my house, I must get to the central office and since there are too many codecs between me and the central office I haven't been able to get X2 or v90 speeds. Please explain how is it possible for me to get long distance X2 or v90 speeds under these conditions ___ OLX 2.1 TD Artificial intelligence: blond with hair dyed black --- RemoteAccess 2.52+ * Origin: Northern Lights! * San Antonio * 210-499-6299 V34/VFC (1:387/23) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F4200130 Date: 03/28/98 From: DAVID BOWERMAN Time: 07:47am \/To: JOHN DUKE (Read 6 times) Subj: ? John Duke wrote in a message to All: JD> Does anyone know the command to disable 56K? Using a Courier? ATS58=33. Using a Sportster? Check the ATS$ command. Regards, David --- timEd/2 1.10+ * Origin: Frog Hollow -- a scenic backroad off the Infobahn (1:153/290) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F4200131 Date: 03/28/98 From: DAVID BOWERMAN Time: 07:59am \/To: JEFF MCCLAIN (Read 6 times) Subj: OS/2 Update Wizard Word A Jeff Mcclain wrote in a message to All: JM> N This is the work around for Upgrading/Updating US Robitics JM> modems with the Update Wizard: Hi, Jeff. I tried your suggestion for upgrading Sportsters under OS/2 using the Upgrade Wizard. I found that on those systems using SIO with the '-' option to allow sharing the comm port, steps 2 and 4 were not needed. As usual, other's mileage may vary. One system was Warp 4/FP6 while the other was Warp Connect Red. For those who are interested, check SIOREF.TXT, Appendix D, Advanced SIO Options for more on the '-' option. Regards, David --- timEd/2 1.10+ * Origin: Frog Hollow -- a scenic backroad off the Infobahn (1:153/290) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F4200132 Date: 03/28/98 From: DAVID BOWERMAN Time: 07:57am \/To: LAWRENCE MINTZ (Read 6 times) Subj: OS/2 Update Wizard Word A Lawrence Mintz wrote in a message to Jeff Mcclain: LM> I have found that you can omit steps 2 and 4. Simply modifying the LM> Win-OS/2 communications drivers was sufficient to allow Win-OS/2 to LM> use the Upgrade Wizard, after closing all Win-OS/2 sessions and LM> then opening up a new Win-OS/2 session to run it. While I found the same here, that was using SIO with the '-' option to unprotect the port under a DOS/Windows session. Were you running with IBM's comm drivers or SIO without the '-' option? Regards, David --- timEd/2 1.10+ * Origin: Frog Hollow -- a scenic backroad off the Infobahn (1:153/290) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F4200133 Date: 03/28/98 From: JOE ROWEHL Time: 09:01am \/To: JEFF MCCLAIN (Read 7 times) Subj: Re: Courier v.e modem - v.90 > isn't going to > -> last very long :-( > > Misinformation! There is no plans to stop building the SDL's > for the > Courier line! The 3Com line of modems will be updated by > the Upgrade > Wizard. If you choose to use a OS that the Wizard can not > be adapted > to, the only way to update the modems code will be to move > the modem to > a PC that runs Windows or Mac. And if you don't have such a PC available to you, what would your upgrade options be? Joe --- Opus-CBCS 1.79.x * Origin: Flashpoint Opus: (757)479-5408, Va Beach, VA (1:275/52.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F4200134 Date: 03/28/98 From: IAN SINGER Time: 08:30am \/To: JEFF MCCLAIN (Read 6 times) Subj: Re: V90 Upgrade Wizard -> But to develop a application for a OS that it's own -> creators have pulled development for would not make economic sense. Development of OS/2 has not been pulled. Warp 3 is still being fully supported with fixpacks guarranteed through a certain year. Warp 4 is also fully supported with fixpacks being released. Both will be fully Y2K complient. The connect version is fully supported and ALL will still run code written for v2 which is a whole lot more than can be said for WIN NT or 98 supporting previous code. As a 3COM rep how about getting your facts straight or asking for verification first from the source? --- PCBoard (R) v15.23/M 5 * Origin: FidoNet * IDS Place * 905-608-1903 56.6Kbs FTS/QWK (1:250/462) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F4200135 Date: 03/27/98 From: WALTER LUFFMAN Time: 11:23pm \/To: JOE KOVACS (Read 7 times) Subj: X2/V.90 backlog? -=> Quoting Joe Kovacs to Walter Luffman <=- JK> These days, when you phone a tech support or JK> sales person, their 'puter displays your JK> name, phone number and address as they say JK> Hello, before you've said anything. It gets JK> this information using Caller ID, basically JK> from those phone number directory CDs. Or he might have called up my "case" (whatever that means) by the number I had entered from my touch-tone pad earlier. JK> I'll bet a virtual coffee and donut that JK> the K56flex folks and your ISP are working just JK> as hard as USR/3Com to get V90 on his equipment. JK> That's what service and the V90 standard are JK> all about, of course. So V90's prolly on there JK> now, just waiting for you. Oh, how I wish you were right -- I just received my enable-key and can now upgrade to X2 and V.90. Unfortunately, my ISP's tech support still says they don't know when they'll receive the V.90 uprade for their Ascend (K56flex) routers. Maybe I'll test my upgrade by calling a BBS I know that uses a Courier I-modem.... Walter, wluffman@usit.net CompuServe: 74721,3464 ... ZMODEM: What you hook up to zphone. ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 --- 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: F4200136 Date: 03/26/98 From: DOUG JOHNSON Time: 11:53pm \/To: JEFF MCCLAIN (Read 6 times) Subj: Re: V90 Upgrade Wizard -=> Jeff Mcclain wrote to Frank Sexton <=- JM> -> Hmm... more experienced maybe, but you missed another JM> -> important point. The Wizard is built ONLY for people who JM> -> are using Windows or Mac as their operating system. I JM> -> guess it could be that these folks need it worse than some JM> -> other (grin). JM> -> --- Blue Wave/OS2 v2.30 JM> JM> JM> Frank, The numbers I have seen from a tracking program indicate that JM> almost 85% of the people are using Windows 95 or Windows 3.x or Windows JM> NT. Macintosh users are at about 2.5%. The users that hit our web pages JM> and are using OS/2 are at .22%. I have found a work around so the Wizard JM> can run in Win-OS/2 session, and I have posted it here. I loved OS/2 JM> when I ran my BBS at home. It was very stable, and the multi-tasking was JM> fantastic. But to develop a application for a OS that it's own creators JM> have pulled development for would not make economic sense. JM> JM> Jeff McClain JM> 3Com Online Support Well Jeff, did MicroSoft pay you for that plug? I think you have missed the point. The point is options. I don't own a MicroSoft OS, or a MAC. I am presently using Linux. Give me a Wizard to flash my modem and it may as well be a door stop. Options Jeff, options! If you and 3Com understand that and continue to provide me with SDL's to flash my modems I will continue to buy. When you stop I will stop buying. I now have three Couriers. I am not a sysop who bought on some deal, I'm just the average Joe on the corner. I spent a lot of money on these modems. My continued support of you and 3Com will be a direct reflection on your support of me, the average Joe. ___ MultiMail/Linux v0.8 --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Wildcard BBS - Thornton, CO 1-303-252-0491 (1:104/725) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F4200137 Date: 03/28/98 From: JAY EMRIE Time: 08:46am \/To: RICK COLLINS (Read 6 times) Subj: ISP Speeds RC>.MSGID: 1:163/215.39 5a07d0b2 RC>.REPLY: 1:3603/140 3c1e0b62 RC>.SOT: RC>At 17:53/26/Mar, CRAIG MEEKINS (1:3603/140) said: RC>==================================== RC>CM> * MOOD: Always bent outta shape)( RC>CM> I was wondering what is the best way to check your internet speeds? I RC>CM> Use the USRobotics v.Everything v90 with Internet Explorer 4.01. I'd RC>CM> like to check to see if I'm getting any better connects. RC>If you're using Win95, you can use SYSMON to display your throughput. If yo RC>want accurate results, though, the only way is to download a file large enou RC>to be significant _directly_ from your ISP. Downloading something from a RC>remote site introduces the possibility that the results will be skewed by ot RC>delays in the system. Rick, after all, aren't the conditions in the last sentence the final defining conditions controlling normal throughput for most of us? I can't even get to my ISP with full X2 or v90 speeds - too many codecs between me and the phone co main office. --- OLX 2.1 TD I'm electroencephelographically challenged. * Origin: Alamo City Online & Alamo PC Organization, Inc. (1:387/496) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 242 USR MODEMS Ref: F4200138 Date: 03/28/98 From: RICK GRAHAM Time: 10:18pm \/To: PAUL YURGA (Read 6 times) Subj: ati7 Hello Paul, RG>> Quick & Simple.... What are the Supervisor and DSP dates on a V.90 RG>> Courier enabled modem of yours via ATI7? 03/13/98 or 03/18/98? RG>> Are your Revisions 7.3.14 and 3.0.13 respectively? Yes? No? > Both dates are 03/13/98 and the revisions are 7.3.14 and 3.0.13 > respectively if that helps you out any. Craig corrected himself in a message to me saying it was a typo. Thanks for the input though. Later... Rick rgraham@ionet.net --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: Peyote Bud's - Dewey, OK - V.34 - 1.918.534.2124 (1:3815/123)