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From: larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: MNP5 & Unix
Message-ID: <1991Feb05.152037.27257@nstar.rn.com>
Date: 5 Feb 91 15:20:37 GMT
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erast1@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Evan R Aussenberg) writes:

>What's the deal with MNP5 modems and Unix?  I hear conflicting
>reports that they won't work.  With the proper handshaking, I
>don't see why an external MNP5 modem wouldn't work.

all of our modems here on nstar support MNP5 and for interactive
use and file transfers (non UUCP transfers that is) MNP5 actually
increases throughput by about 10%

-- 
   Larry Snyder, NSTAR Public Access Unix 219-289-0287 (HST/PEP/V.32/v.42bis)
                        regional UUCP mapping coordinator 
  {larry@nstar.rn.com, ..!uunet!nstar!larry, larry%nstar@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu}