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From: dgil@pa.reuter.COM (Dave Gillett)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: V23 modems
Message-ID: <359@saxony.pa.reuter.COM>
Date: 27 Aug 90 21:35:19 GMT
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In <3LE5EW2@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>Anyone have a source for reliable V23 modems that fake the 75 baud back
>channel to 1200 baud so they can be used on a computer that doesn't like
>split-speed action? Southwestern Bell has flooded Houston with cheesy
>Minitel terminals and I'd like to make a BBS accessible to them.

When I was inquiring into v.23 modems to see what would be involved in
supporting users in the UK, I was assured that the v.23 modems sold for
home use there *all* fake the back channel to 1200 baud.  This seems like
the right way to do it....

I just don't know where you're going to find one for sale on this side of
the Atlantic.
                                            Dave