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From: rlcarr@athena.mit.edu (Richard L. Carreiro)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: USR Dual Standard questions
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Date: 22 Oct 90 16:31:51 GMT
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I'm thisclose to getting a USR Dual Standard (for $879 - is that
a decent price?).  Some questions first, though:

1) does it have a standard modular phone jack on it, or do I have to
rig something up?

2) At what baud rate do I set my terminal program?  Can the terminal
   program be left at the same baud rate all the time, and the modem will
   simply buffer up stuff (if it's connected at a slower rate) and then
   send high-speed batches to my terminal?  (Or is this all explained in the
   modem docs?)

3) If I am connected to another USR, and I want to do a file transfer, do
   I have to use a protocol (like ZMODEM or something), or can I just do
   a raw transfer and the modems' built-in error checking will guarantee
   no errors?

4) Will the USR connect to boring old things like Hayes-compatible 2400
   baud modems and stuff like that?

5) Assuming I've connected to another MNP 5 modem (of whatever baud
   rate), should I turn off modem compression when I am transferring
   a compressed file?

Any other things you think I should know, feel free to send them along as
well.  Thanks in advance for your help!

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