Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ucbvax!LSUVM.BITNET!$CSD211 From: $CSD211@LSUVM.BITNET (Mark Orr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Applied Engineering Message-ID: <9011172133.AA13179@apple.com> Date: 17 Nov 90 21:11:42 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 30 > Besides, I suggest you get a 9600 baud modem... The tide is slowly >turning to 9600 and I already want one! "Hopefully will get one next summer >but I have tons of dreams of buying things, and I rarely meet my 'date' to >buy them" >-- I agree. But there is a problem: Which 9600 baud modem? Last time I checked there was no concrete standard for 9600 baud. There is USRobotics Courier HST (which has a following) and Telebit's Trailblazer PEP standard (which also has a following) as well as various flavors of V.32 and V.42 protocols. There might be a reason to get an AE modem...If you get the Datalink Express with MNP-5 compression (which gives the modem the effective throughput of a 9600 baud modem - actually better since line noise is less of a factor) Prices for the AE modem with MNP-5 are competitive with other 2400 baud MNP-5 modems. Of course, having the capability means nothing unless other users also have that capability, so the popularity of the modem or standard means a great deal. But from what I've heard, 2400's with MNP-5 compression are pretty commonplace in the PC world. All the same, I wouldn't mind one of those USRobotics HST Dual standards...but the price of 9600 baud modem's is still high. As much as I like my old 1200 baud Apple Cat, with all it's special capabilities, I see that having a 2400 baud modem, that at least runs some form of V.22bis (which all of them do) is a must. ------------------------------ ! Mark Orr ! ! $CSD211@LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU ! ! @LSUVM.BITNET ! ------------------------------