Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!usc!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!thad From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Subject: Re: Telebit and Amigas Message-ID: <37979@cup.portal.com> Date: 13 Jan 91 12:41:55 GMT References: Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 43 ghost@bucsf.bu.edu (Jay Adelson) in writes: From what I gather from letters received from Amiga users, the Telebit is not a very popular modem in the Amiga world. Did they say WHY? I use 'em occasionally and have NO problems (with the modem T2500). Some of the older models were a bit finicky (no pun). I think I am confused in that from what I understand the Telebit can do the "standard" 9600 (I think it's called v.32?) as well as real 19200 speed, whereas the Dual Standard HST modem does both standards for 9600 and true 14400 speed. Seeing that a modem user would want to have FASTER x-fer rates, wouldn't the Telebit go faster? Or is the HST just as fast and perhaps faster than the telebit? Not ALL Telebits will do V.32; their first model that did was the T2500. Telebit started with a proprietary Packetized Ensemble Protocol (PEP). With the T2500 in PEP mode (i.e. talking to another Telebit) the data transfers can be faster than the HST. And finally, does the Telebit and the USRobitics HST represent the fastest of the external modems available for the Amiga? Or have I missed someone entirely? The Microcom TriModem seems to be VERY fast with its MNP 9. I ran some tests using AZcomm with zmodem protocol at 38400 baud and I was pleased with the results; I don't recall the transfer stats offhand but I do remember commenting at the time it was better than anything else I've used. On a more general note, given a choice between, say, Telebit and the HST, I'd go with the Telebit today. Over the years I've had many problems with U.S. Robotics' products and, unless you have a compelling need to call specific BBS or special-purpose systems already possessing an HST, there's not much reason that I see for it (douse those flames NOW). I can and do call nearly anywhere in the world with V.32/V.42 since that is an international standard. The point behind my choice (above) deals with the difference between what I call industrial-quality vs. consumer-quality. One of my companies manufactures a line of datacomm products that interface to modems; it's quite clear (besides all the testing I do myself) from customer feedback what modems are reliable and which are not. Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com ]