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From: a254@mindlink.UUCP (Malcolm McDougall)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Cardinal 2400 baud modem : buy or not ?
Message-ID: <2375@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jul 90 18:59:31 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> dalew@twiki.PDX.COM writes:
> 
>   The Cardinal MB2400EX External 2400 Bps modem I have online here is not
> the same modem you purchased. Mine does indeed have _hardware_ MNP (levels
> 1 to 5), full flow control including CTS/RTS and XON/XOFF, and full Async
> and Synchronous support.
> 
>   I get very good throughput, even when transferring binary files. In fact,
> I see better than 250 CPS on larger files when UUCP sites with HSTs call
> twiki. On the average I around 210 to 219 CPS, with a high of 221 CPS with
> UUCP 'g' transfers - depending on the load that the site being called is
> handling.
> 


 I have the very same modem you speak of, and have yet to see any MNP support.
There is no mention of it in the 10 page manual you get with the modem.  I have
a lot of problems when I connect with a HST modem.  I get loads of garbage on
my screen, and file transfers take twice the amount of time they should.  If
there is MNP 1-5 in this modem, maybe you could tell me how to access it, since
they don't tell you in the manual.