--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EBQ00001Date: 07/19/97 From: JOHN ALDRICH Time: 09:59pm \/To: LLOYD BUCHFINCK (Read 5 times) Subj: 56K Flex Hello Lloyd! Wednesday July 16 1997 10:53, Lloyd Buchfinck wrote to All: LB> What about it out there? have any of you had any experience with 56K LB> flex and if so would you please share them with all of us. I am using LB> my 42000 connection to connect my bbs to the internet. LB> I look forward to hearing from you In this area X2 is the standard in use. However I doubt very much that an X2 modem would be that much different. A lot of the speed is dependant on your line conditions. If you have VERY good lines, you'll get closer to 56k than you will with dirty lines. My roomie's girlfriend says down in the area where she's from (South Georgia) she's getting 33.6 connects between her X2 and her ISP, but up here (in Chattanooga, TN) she's getting similar speeds to what you're getting. John ... Confucius say: Woman who sit on judge's lap get honorable discharge. --- GoldED/386 2.50+ 91LM1 * Origin: The Dungeon BBS 33.6/V.34 24-hours 423/875-4137 (1:362/669) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EBQ00002Date: 07/19/97 From: JOHN ALDRICH Time: 09:53pm \/To: RICK COLLINS (Read 5 times) Subj: Modem Selection? Answers? Hello Rick! Friday July 11 1997 20:40, Rick Collins wrote to John Aldrich: JA>> That's interesting, because my roomie, who's a TECH for a local JA>> computer store, told me that our old Commodore Colt (an old 8086 CPU JA>> machine) would not be capable of handling anything more than a 14.4 JA>> modem....even with a 16550 UARTed serial port. RC> That's quite possible - it depends on the architecture of the machine nd RC> how well (or how poorly) it supports interrupts. RC> The simplest answer is to tell you that I have done it, and know others RC> who have as well. In fact, I know one guy who has operated at 14,400 RC> with no problems with an old XT - and _with_ an 8250 UART. Ahh...Ok. Interesting. :) I seem to recall him saying a 14.4 is about the top an old XT could handle....I won't debate you, though, since I've never tried it... :) Besides the XT we have doesn't have a hard drive...only two low density 5.25" drives. :) John ... GOVT.SYS corrupt: (A)ssasinate; (R)ebel; (I)mpeach? --- GoldED/386 2.50+ 91LM1 * Origin: The Dungeon BBS 33.6/V.34 24-hours 423/875-4137 (1:362/669) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EBQ00003Date: 07/19/97 From: JOHN ALDRICH Time: 09:58pm \/To: DAVID DRUMMOND (Read 5 times) Subj: Modem Selection? Answers? Hello David! Sunday July 13 1997 08:22, David Drummond wrote to John Aldrich: DD> Maybe this limitation is peculiar to the Commodore Colt. In the early DD> '80s I used to successfully run the serial port (8250) in my 4MHz 8088 DD> based XT at 57600 under DOS based comms apps with NO dropout. Ahh...but what was your actual throughput? That's where the real problem comes... :) John ... Press ESC to enter or ENTER to escape... --- GoldED/386 2.50+ 91LM1 * Origin: The Dungeon BBS 33.6/V.34 24-hours 423/875-4137 (1:362/669) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EBQ00004Date: 07/19/97 From: JOHN ALDRICH Time: 09:58pm \/To: BRUCE CLARK (Read 5 times) Subj: Modem Selection? Answers? Hello Bruce! Monday July 14 1997 00:17, Bruce Clark wrote to John Aldrich: BC> Is that anything like the "TECHs" at Radio Shack stores. BC> It always suprises me at how many "so called" computer BC> techs don't know what they're talking about. Nope...he's been a tech for several years...he knows computers inside and out... :) John ... I got these nude pictures of the SYSO !@#$*$ NO CARRIER --- GoldED/386 2.50+ 91LM1 * Origin: The Dungeon BBS 33.6/V.34 24-hours 423/875-4137 (1:362/669) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EBQ00005Date: 07/19/97 From: JASON MCMANUS Time: 07:07pm \/To: ALL (Read 5 times) Subj: problem I've got a Maxtech 33.6 modem that is bugging me. It refuses to send files... it downloads fine, but if I upload to someone the other end gets long packet sent during file transfer errors. Does anyone know how to fix this? Possibly a new init string? --- Renegade v5-11 Exp * Origin: The DarkSide BBS *E.R. AK* USR/V34+ (907) 696-8308 (1:3550/501) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EBQ00006Date: 07/17/97 From: VICTOR NG Time: 09:05pm \/To: ALL (Read 5 times) Subj: modem brands * Crossposted from: Discussion of modems in general and related topic Does it matter which brand of modem one uses? For example, is a 33.6 Zoltrix as good as a USR 33.6? What makes some modems more better/expensive than others? Thanks to all who will reply. ... Cats are not pets; they own the house and let you live there. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: Juxtaposition BBS. Lasalle, Quebec, Canada (1:167/133) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EBQ00007Date: 07/20/97 From: JOHN FLEMING Time: 10:14pm \/To: LOREN OLSON (Read 5 times) Subj: Accura 56K (flex) LO>I can't tell you per say about the Accura but, it has had some nice >reviews. I have the Hayes Optima 33.6 on one machine here, and it has >not given me an ounce of trouble. The one thing you might want to think >about however, is do you have someone in your area supporting 56Kflex? I switched net providers (big mistake) our local phone company is testing the K2 and Kflex systems. It appears they are like Kflex. So..I'm switching back, since I've bought the Accura 56K. So far so go with my current ISP. But no way near the 53k that I can get legally from it. >sysop. I had a Motorola Kflex for a short time. Nice. But, I don't >believe there was any difference between the X2 and Kflex. And if there >was I certainly never saw it. I've to agreed with you here. I'm sure its just promotional tactics by the companies. Thanks for your time John Orlando, Fl. * QMPro 1.01 41-2891 * All rising to a great place is by a winding stair. --- WM v2.09/92-0335 * Origin: MoonRose HQ - (407) 568-8774 Fla, USA (1:363/153) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EBQ00008Date: 07/20/97 From: RICK GRAHAM Time: 08:21pm \/To: JOHN FLEMING (Read 5 times) Subj: Accura 56K (flex) Hello John, > Anyone have any good or bad information on the Hayes Accura 56kflex > modem? I have one I got thru the tradeup program on the Hayes website, it sits on the BBS. Fairly good modem, fax, 56K flashable when the ITU-T finalizes the '56k' standards. It's a V.34 with a Rockwell chip until the flash upgrade comes out. Only thing I can complain about is the 'user manual' is on diskette, ready for loading on Windows 3.x or better. There is a manual on the Hayes site in file/text form but I haven't bothered to get it. If I had it to do over again, I'd buy an external 3Com/USR Sportster and have x2 now -- and a manual I could browse through. 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: EBQ00009Date: 07/20/97 From: RICK GRAHAM Time: 08:25pm \/To: LOREN OLSON (Read 5 times) Subj: Accura 56K (flex) Hello Loren, > BBS's I suspect will not have one attached to it any time > too soon as they do require a digital line which means more expense > to the sysop. Noop, just a plain ole voice grade analog phone line will do. 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: EBQ00010Date: 07/18/97 From: EDWARD RUTLEDGE Time: 05:42am \/To: RICHARD TOWN (Read 5 times) Subj: RE: Modem Selection? 1/ On 07-14-97 RICHARD TOWN wrote to EDWARD RUTLEDGE... RT> It's not the processor on a 286 but its UART chip which can't RT> handle a fast modem's data speed. They usually contain an RT> 8250. Internal modems carry their own UART which should be RT> alright. Mind you my experience of slower computers goes back RT> only to a old 386/16 (with MFM hard drive, remember when 80meg RT> was max and these were considered the bee's knees? :) RT> rgdZ RT> Richard My apologies. I know that I have not been answering my E-Mail. The problem is with the BBS in my area that carries these subs. I am not getting good downloads and even worse uploads. This is really bad since I normally work from the QWK packets. So it is not that I am being a turkey or ignoring. I simply don't have a good electronic link into these subs. Ed --- * OFFLINE 1.58 --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Star Tech Diamond Bar, CA 909-396-4227 714-257-1175 (1:218/801.0)