--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EAY00032Date: 06/28/97 From: RICK GRAHAM Time: 06:13pm \/To: WILLIAM BOWEN (Read 5 times) Subj: You are Confused! Hello William, In a msg to Rick Collins, you said: >> Modems don't have "drivers". All a modem requires is a proper >> configuration string, and if your modem is connecting at 31,200 >> then without a doubt the string defined as "standard 28.8" is all >> you need. > True but they do have configuration files for windows. > So windows knows the settings and options available on that > particular modem. The main reason I want the right 'drivers' is so I > may adjust my the volume of the modem speaker in windows. The > 'standard 28.8' does not allow me to do that. As for setting the volume level, that should be an S register setting or something similar. Query your modem in a terminal program about the value of M. ATM= or ATM=? 1 BIG Question here; are you refering to Windows 3.1 -or- 95? Win3.1 has PIF (program information file) and W95 has a modem *.INI file. If you're looking for an INI file for W95 and can't find the mfgr of the modem, open that sucker up (unless it's an internal). You bought it used, correct? You don't have much of a warranty to lose. There is a possibility you can find some info inside the unit by reading the info on the chips (Rockwell, Intel, Texas Instrument for example). Look on the board itself -- it may be silkscreened there. good luck in any event, 'n Later... Rick rgraham@ionet.net --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: Peyote Bud's - Dewey, OK - 33.6k - 1.918.534.2124 (1:3815/123) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EAY00033Date: 06/28/97 From: CHARLES DANGLER Time: 06:55pm \/To: PAUL SALAIS (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: Caller ID modems PS> Could someone explain what this caller id on these modems are all PS> and if it really works or not. I have a Boca 33.6 internal Home fax PS> modem, and the box says about called id, the the manual says PS> nothing. I was reading you had to have a caller id box first, PS> so wht would be the purpose modem? If the modem can do it all, PS> where do you fing the software Any help would be a great help. I dont know about Caller ID modems but I use a caller id hat runs from my modem if that is what you mean. ... This tagline is SHAREWARE! To register, send me $10 --- Telegard v3.02 * Origin: Palace of Punishment - 9o4.743.8856 - Jax, FL (1:112/70) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EAY00034Date: 06/28/97 From: FRANCISCO PEREZ Time: 03:30pm \/To: BEN DYER (Read 5 times) Subj: Modem change Hi Ben Dyer, hope you are having a nice day Friday, 27 June 1997 17:45:58, Ben Dyer wrote to Anyone Subject: Modem change BD> I am running Windows 95 my modem is on com port 4. I am running a BD> primitive dos software that has com port 2 programmed into it and will not BD> allow me to change it. Is there a way to temporarly 'fool' the program BD> into thinking the modem on 4 is 2? You have to go to your motherboard's CMOS to disable the Serial Port on COM 2, then go to the control Panel, system,modems (Windows95) and see if you can pick another configuration setting. -=> Yours sincerely, Francisco Perez <=- Take care Ben! Francisco Perez - Abilene, Saturday, 28 June 1997 at 15:30. Fido : 1:392/11.7 - Internet : fpmedi@juno.com URL : Welcome at the TmNice Home Page http://www.beechwood.com .!. I was just stopped by the LAPD and boy am I beat ! --- Terminate 4.00/Pro * Origin: The NEW Terminate will -=> FAX <=- almost anything! (1:392/11.7) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EAY00035Date: 06/28/97 From: RICK COLLINS Time: 07:21am \/To: RICK GRAHAM (Read 5 times) Subj: I am Confused! -=> Quoting Rick Graham to Rick Collins <=- -=> FidoMail to 1:163/215, please.-=< > Modems don't have "drivers". All a modem requires is a proper > configuration string, and if your modem is connecting at 31,200 > then without a doubt the string defined as "standard 28.8" is all > you need. rg> Perhaps William Bowen is looking for a specific modem W95 *.INF rg> file?? ...just a thought... And a good one. I assumed that if he's seeing 31,200 as a connect speed, then he's certainly using a .inf file that supports up to 33.6. I think it's a pretty good assumption .... :-) TTFN. Rick. Ottawa, ON 28 Jun 7:23 --- 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: EAY00036Date: 06/28/97 From: RICK COLLINS Time: 07:25am \/To: HERBERT GRAF (Read 5 times) Subj: Modem Selection? 1/ -=> Quoting Herbert Graf to Robert Osborne <=- -=> FidoMail to 1:163/215, please.-=< hg> No, baud and bps are two seperate things. For example, a 14.4 hg> modem uses a baud of I beleive 1400 and encodes 10 bits per hg> baud, giving the 14.4 kbps. More modern modems start to go away hg> from 2400 "baud" and 6 bits/baud for 14,400 bps. TTFN. Rick. Ottawa, ON 28 Jun 7:26 --- 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: EAY00037Date: 06/28/97 From: JAY FULLER Time: 06:54pm \/To: DAVE LYLE (Read 5 times) Subj: NO SOUND!!AAAAAAAHHH! DL>You're getting errors while uploading? Uploading problems are almost DL>always caused by improper flow control. Be sure you have both your DL>modem and your comm program set for hardware (CTS/RTS) flow control. DL>Turn Xon/Xoff off. I'm still having problems with this......(I've never reported them though) - did you get a fix for upload problems? I've got SEVERAL USR 33.6 modems that work just fine except for uploads. I get an error every 5-10 blocks... --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Deep Space Nine BBS - [205] 734-0818 - Cullman Alabama (1:3607/22) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EAY00038Date: 06/28/97 From: MIKE FARRILL Time: 10:04pm \/To: PRATAP DERRICK (Read 5 times) Subj: Pacific Bell -> MIKE FARRILL wrote in a message to JAMES COLE: -> -> -> MF> That's one good deal, but does x2 really download those web -> MF> page screens twice as fast? -> -> Hello MIKE.. -> -> I connect at 53K... EVERY time with my ISP.. -> Do I get TWICE as fast web pages... NO... -> -> Do I get them FASTER... YES... -> -> ( I have a model 1734 USR Voice Sportster ) Do you believe it to be a worthwhile purchase? --- 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: EAZ00000Date: 06/28/97 From: RICK COLLINS Time: 09:52pm \/To: WILLIAM BOWEN (Read 5 times) Subj: You are Confused! -=> Quoting William Bowen to Rick Collins <=- -=> FidoMail to 1:163/215, please.-=< rc> Modems don't have "drivers". All a modem requires is a proper rc> configuration string, and if your modem is connecting at 31,200 rc> then without a doubt the string defined as "standard 28.8" is rc> all you need. wb> True but they do have configuration files for windows. So Win95 and NT. Not Win 3.1. wb> windows knows the settings and options available on that wb> particular modem. The main reason I want the right 'drivers' is wb> so I may adjust my the volume of the modem speaker in windows. wb> The 'standard 28.8' does not allow me to do that. Sure it does. Just add it to the "Extra settings" box. Anything in that box gets sent _after_ the other init commands, so it takes priority. rc> There are no "magic" modem commands, and no "magic" configuration rc> strings - and the config in general will not cause your modem to rc> connect at a speed lower than the line conditions permit. Just rc> use your modem: a new config won't improve its performance. wb> I think you are under the wrong impression. I had a USR 14.4 wb> previous to this and if I chose the 'standard 14.4' option I wb> would get maybe 1300-1400 transfer speeds...once I found out it wb> was a USR and stored the 'optimal configuration' in the modems wb> memory (with terminate) The Terminate config string for USR modems contained several useless settings - and still does. I WB> found I was getting 1400-1600 speeds--with fewer crc's. The init CRCs immediately indicate flow control problems - about the only modem config item that must be the same between the modem and the comm software. Your throughput improved because you sorted out the flow control - _not_ because of a "magic init". The connect speed would be the same regardless of the init. wb> string can and does make a HUGE difference. I have also learned wb> this through experimenting with my BBS init strings. The init wb> string is crutial to maximizing your modem's capabilities. I No, it's crucial to proper configuration. Not "maximizing capabilities", but _using_ them. wb> once used a Cardinal 14.4 that simply would not upload wb> anything...changed the init string and everything was fine...cps wb> jumped by 100 or so too. If you have a USR and windows detects wb> it, then you are right, there is nothing you can do to improve wb> on it. Sure can. The Win95 inits are deficient in several areas. wb> When you don't know the brand or what previous owners have wb> stored in the memory--you would be wise to check it out--that is wb> what I am trying to do. But I don't know how to figure out what wb> brand it is--THAT is what I wanted to know. Apparently you wb> thought otherwise. Yes, indeed. I did think otherwise. :-) I saw your post as looking for a way to improve upon the 31,200 connect - and nothing in the init will do that. Your best bet is to use a terminal program (Hyperterm is fine) and issue the atin series of commands, starting with ati1. One of them may mention a manufacturer, or at least a chipset. TTFN. Rick. Ottawa, ON 28 Jun 22:01 --- 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: EAZ00001Date: 06/29/97 From: PRATAP DERRICK Time: 06:57am \/To: MIKE FARRILL (Read 5 times) Subj: Pacific Bell MIKE FARRILL wrote in a message to PRATAP DERRICK: -> MIKE FARRILL wrote in a message to JAMES COLE: -> -> -> MF> That's one good deal, but does x2 really download those web -> MF> page screens twice as fast? -> -> Hello MIKE.. -> -> I connect at 53K... EVERY time with my ISP.. -> Do I get TWICE as fast web pages... NO... -> -> Do I get them FASTER... YES... -> -> ( I have a model 1734 USR Voice Sportster ) MF> Do you believe it to be a worthwhile purchase? Hmmm excellent question, If you mean would I buy the a New Model 1734 at retail, (around 235.00)? Probabaly not. Too expensive, when I can get an external X2 voice modem for 99.00 (www.pricewatch.com) But I bought a Model 1172 with the promise that it would be upgraded FREE to X2 in Jan 1997, (For 159.00) It was actually not able to be upgraded, but USR was true to their promise... (VERY VERY LATE) They sent me a NEW X2 Voice Modem. Model 1734. IF I had a V34 Modem... I dont think the normal guy should spend 100.00 just for X2... But If I had a V32Bis... yeah X2 is worth 100.00 to move from 14.4k to 53k and 33k6. (I would make sure the modem had Flash Rom so the upgrade to IUTs Standard next year would be easy to install. pratap@juno.com THE SPIRIT BBS (408)336-5532 *The Spirit Is Allways Free* Bay-Area Newsgroups-Jobs-Weather-Politics --- timEd 1.01 * Origin: That's The Spirit BBS (1:216/511) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EAZ00002Date: 06/29/97 From: RICK COLLINS Time: 08:01am \/To: PAUL SALAIS (Read 5 times) Subj: Caller ID modems -=> Quoting Paul Salais to All <=- -=> FidoMail to 1:163/215, please.-=< ps> Could someone explain what this caller id on these modems are all ps> about and if it really works or not. I have a Boca 33.6 internal ps> Home fax modem, and the box says something about called id, the ps> the manual says nothing. I was reading somewhere that you had ps> to have a caller id box first, so wht would be the purpose for ps> the modem? If the modem can do it all, where do you fing the ps> software for it? Any help would be a great help. The caller ID data is sent between the first and second ring, and a modem that supports caller ID intercepts that data string (which is sent at some ridiculously slow speed). The modem then sends that string to the comm device to do with as it pleases. There are usually configuration commands you provide the modem to "format" the data string to match what your comm software is willing to accept. I don't have CID, so I can't tell you much more. TTFN. Rick. Ottawa, ON 29 Jun 8:05 --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.20 * Origin: BitByters BBS, Rockland ON, Can. (613)446-7773 v34, (1:163/215)