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From: ho@hoss.unl.edu (Tiny Bubbles...)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: PP9600SA and V.32 questions (dumb!)
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Date: 23 Jan 91 01:52:46 GMT
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A couple of questions.  The first one should be relatively easy:

	Is the Practical Peripherals 9600SA any good?  Does it adhere
well to V.32 standards?  Is it reliable?  Protocol bugs?  These things
are getting fairly cheap (under $500, anyway) and I'm tempted.  But if
they're trash, no dice.
	I'm a happy owner of a PP2400SA, so I know about warranties and
such already.  Any news relative to the 9600 would be appreciated in
e-mail.  (I searched back for articles, but found none.  I'm still 
expecting that it's been beaten into the ground in the past.)

Question two:  more techie.

	I have cancellable call waiting;  if I dial *70 before a call,
it is immune to the little "beeps."  Currently, I have one of the S-
registers on the modem programmed to hang up as soon as it gets a beep,
thus killing the data connection and letting the voice call ring through.
If I have an important or expensive data connection, I just have the
computer dial *70 for me before the call.

	Obviously, this is useless under V.32 (what, line noise?  let's
ignore it and ask for a retransmit).  But if I have a "normal" line
(no MNP, no LAPM, no V.32), can I still maintain my relative "voice higher
than data" priority?  Does that S-register do its stuff if the correction
protocols are disabled?

	I know, this means I have to drop to 2400.  But in many cases, I
need to be taking care of minor stuff on the campus mainframe while 
awaiting a call, and the ability to have voice calls ring through is
important to me.  Is it possible to keep it if I purchase a 9600 baud
modem?
--
        ... Michael Ho, University of Nebraska
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