Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!yale!mintaka!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!hh0x+ From: hh0x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Hiroshi Rit Howell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: dove modem Message-ID: Date: 12 Nov 90 06:11:07 GMT References: <32629@netnews.upenn.edu>, <6036@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 34 In-Reply-To: <6036@mace.cc.purdue.edu> >> >could someone tell me what 'dove' modems are? & how are they different >> >from regular modems? >> >> Dove modems are a brand (from Dove Inc.)... >It's possible the original poster was referring to a DOV (Data Over >Voice) modem, which does just what the name says. I use one regularly yes, sorry, that is exactly what I ment to ask... and thank you... >at 9600 baud on my single phone line, and can use the phone for >standard conversations at the same time. You need one at each end of >the line, and they're apparently only useful over short distances. what do you exactly mean by 'over short distances'? I suppose that means it can't take international calls... especially with AT&T quality over the Pacific... >Charles Allen Internet: cca@physics.purdue.edu >Department of Physics nvi@mace.cc.purdue.edu >Purdue University HEPnet: purdnu::allen, fnal::cca >West Lafayette, IN 47907 talknet: 317/494-9776 thanx ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- h i r o s h i h o w e l l hh0x@andrew.cmu.edu 1000 morewood ave., #3106 ( 412 ) CMU - GILA pittsburgh pa 15213 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------