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From: larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Searching for inexpensive V.32 9600 bps modems (was cheap telebits)...
Summary: fido feeding uucp machines?
Message-ID: <511453@nstar.UUCP>
Date: 8 Apr 90 16:26:17 GMT
References: <102@dynasys.UUCP> <14965@cbnews.ATT.COM> <134@dynasys.UUCP>
Organization: Northern Star, Notre Dame, IN USA
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> I don't know anyone that has their newsfeed coming from a FIDO BBS. 
> And most people don't get their newsfeed from a FIDO BBS - especially
> if they are running unix.

If that were the case - wow - what a load.  uucp with the HST (non dual)
at best produces 355 cps (I was offering this service).  Forget the 355
cps using ufgate - I was feeding a waffle site under DOS (nstar runs 
UNIX).  The only reason for someone wanting news via HST is that they
once were a DOS site and have since converted to Unix (usenet) - or need
to remain compatible with DOS machines (or don't have the $$$).
 
One must admit the HST SYSOP price of $450 verses the PEP internet
discount ($800?) leaves a lot to be desired.  I would really like a 2500
but at $900 (discounted) I can't afford it.  If the T2500 were priced
against with dual standard ($725) I would buy one today (tomorrow?).

> Telebits are not a flavor of 14.4.  They are a flavor af 19.2.
> And V.32 is becoming obsolete already.  If I was looking for the best
> modem to buy to run with unix and to get a newsfeed with, there's
> absolutely no doubt I'd get a Telebit before anything eles (and have).
> V.32 and nothing else can compare.

I agree 100%.  If you are serious about this stuff - the PEP is the
only modem.   

> It seems to me that the hostility towards Telebits are being displayed
> by those used to the DOS world coming into the unix world.  If you
> are going to remain in DOS, get an HST.  If you are going to work with
> unix, get a Telebit - not an HST, not a V.32.  A Telebit.  Period.
> The number of _unix_ sites running HSTs vs. running Telebits are
> negligible.

I was running an HST prior to last Tuesday.  I got tired of slow
feeds keeping the phone busy when I could be feeding 6 to 8 other machines.

I get 1400-1420 cps feeding multi-megabytes of news within the midwest -
800-950 cps feeding Alaska, and 1000 - 1100 feeding Florida.
Those rates are not bad - considering everything is compressed (16 bit)
and the fact that 4 lines are usually busy feeding news at one time..

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