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From: dillon@POSTGRES.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 9600 bps Modems
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Date: 5 Jul 89 20:03:03 GMT
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:In article <408@xdos.UUCP>, doug@xdos.UUCP (Doug Merritt) writes:
:> And in Unix land, about 95% are Trailblazers. So I guess you've really
:> got to make up your mind whether your long term interest is in e.g.
:> UUCP transfers or in bulletin boards.
:
:Yes.  Note also that Trailablazers can run at speeds up to 18000 bits per
:second, and fall back at 50 or 100 bps (I forget which) intervals, whereas
:your basic unicarrier modems fall back by halving the baud rate.
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	I'll tell y'all, I myself am going to wait for V.32 9600
baud modems to become cheap.  They are full duplex and *standard*.

	The disadvantage of most of the highspeed modems around
    these days, trailblazer and courier HST included, is that they
    are HALF duplex... they can only send at high speeds in a single
    direction at a time.

	For example, the courier HST's return channel is 300 baud and
    it switches according to usage.

	The other disadvantage is that all of these modems are compatible
    only with other modems of the same type (for high speed mode).  Yes,
    all will support 'standard' 2400 baud on down but then all you have
    is a 2400 baud modem, eh?

						-Matt