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From: rlcarr@athena.mit.edu (Richard L. Carreiro)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: USR 9600 baud dual standard
Message-ID: <1990Oct1.175833.28288@athena.mit.edu>
Date: 1 Oct 90 17:58:33 GMT
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First - thanks for all the information, folks!
Now, some more questions...

In article <1990Sep30.171414.5132@nstar.uucp> larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder) writes:
>rlcarr@athena.mit.edu (Richard L. Carreiro) writes:
>>(a) does the V.32(V.42bis) work with UUCP/USENET
>yes - providing transfers in the 600-850 cps range - which isn't nearly
>as good as the telebit modems which yield throughput as high as 1300-1400
>cps.

Ok - speed aside, does it work?  For the sake of this question, assume I
I don't care that I can't get the full 1200+ cps rates.  Will a USR
dual standard with V.32, V.42, V.42bis be able to communicate with
Trailblazers at >4800 baud?

>>(b) what features should I get, i.e. MNP, V.42, V.42bis, compression, etc?
>>    Money is no object (to an extent)

Perhaps I should have rephrased that - I don't mind shelling out the $$$
to get a fully loaded modem, but to get two modems would be a bit much.
Of course, I may be wrong about that - I have really no idea what high-speed
modems cost, other than that they are rather expensive.

>then get a trailblazer for uucp, and get a regular HST to stay in touch
>with the DOS boards 

This seems interesting (again, please bear with me as I have zero experience in
the high-performance modem world).  If I were to go this way, what should I
expect to pay - how much is a USR regular (but new - 14.4) HST modem
(I should get MNP with that, right?).  And, how much is a Trailblazer?

Also, these would be being used with an Amiga 2500 or Amiga 3000.  Will
any special cable have to be hacked up, or do they have standard DB-25 
connector sockets (the modems, that is).  Also (I'll probably also ask this
on the amiga groups), does Matt Dillon's AmigaUUCP have any problems with
certain modems?  Thanks again!

One last thing - I wouldn't be getting a complete feed.  Just the amiga groups,
tv, Trek, the Big Four sports, sf-lovers, comics, and a couple other random
groups.  Yes, I realize thats a lot of bytes, but it's not a full bore
feed other.  Does this affect any of the answers/recommedations that people
have given me?

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