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From: laird@slum.MV.COM (Laird Heal)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: US Robotics HST compatibles (Re: modem)
Message-ID: <1990Sep21.143505.1490@slum.MV.COM>
Date: 21 Sep 90 14:35:05 GMT
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In article <1990Sep19.214021.17887@CAM.ORG>,  gammal@CAM.ORG (Michael Gammal) writes:

>Question:I use a Us Robotics Hst 9600/17.4k Modem....
>
>Are there any compatibles or compliants as one put it other than
>Us Robotics themselves.....

Not too prominently within the HST manual is: +1 800 DIAL-USR
which if you could call from Canada could answer the question.
Ask them if an other manufacturer has licensed it.

HST is a proprietary technology which US Robotics would have to
license to an alternate manufacturer.  As far as I know, nobody
has, while from time to time people refer to PEP-compatible
modems which license Telebit protocol spoofing and all.

The 'real-world' numbers I have seen with streaming protocols
on my 14.4kbps HST-DS in the HST mode, namely 16.6kbps for .Z
files (that is not a misprint; maybe the modems drop start/stop 
bits) and faster-but-I-never-reliably-measured for text, seems
a little faster than the real-world transfer rate of Telebits.
Can anyone give me some figures for rz/sz using PEP?

>
>Michael Gammal		Concordia University		gammal@Altitude.CAM.ORG

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