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From: tnixon@hsfmsh.UUCP (Toby Nixon)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: MNP Software-only Implementation F/ Laptops?
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Date: 16 Jul 90 17:14:14 GMT
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In article <1990Jul15.171919.3462@chinet.chi.il.us>, joe jesson 
asks:

- Most of the laptop modems available (and in my six laptops) do not
- support MNP protocol in ROM and line noise is a real problem. Has
- anyone used MSDOS-based MNP software to "fix" this problem? i. Any
- recommendations of shareware or commercial TSR MNP drivers? 

I have "tried" such programs, but not used them for any extended 
period.  The problem is that comm software is a very subjective 
thing, almost as personal a preference as a word processor, and when 
you use software-based MNP you are tied to that program.  The two 
I'm aware of are MTE from MagicSoft (Lombard, IL; 312-953-2374) and
Mirror III from SoftKlone (Tallahassee, FL; 904-878-8564).   MTE is 
packaged with many modems; Mirror is a very full-featured program 
that is more-or-less a clone of Crosstalk (with extensions).

I am not aware of any TSR MNP drivers, shareware or commercial.  
It is very unlikely that you will find such a thing that would work 
with popular comm packages like Procomm or QMODEM.  Virtually all 
comm software accesses the serial port hardware directly rather than 
going through the BIOS, so there's no way for a TSR to redirect the 
I/O through a protocol module.

	-- Toby

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