Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!ukc!stl!robobar!ronald From: ronald@robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Dowty vs Trailblazer Message-ID: <1991Feb13.154145.4473@robobar.co.uk> Date: 13 Feb 91 15:41:45 GMT References: <1991Feb11.162658.20202@tabbs.UUCP> Organization: Robobar Ltd., Perivale, Middx., ENGLAND. Lines: 24 aris@tabbs.UUCP (Aris Stathakis) writes: > I believe that in the UK a modem called the Dowty (sp?) that is basically > a re-labled trailblazer. Could some kind soul out there tell me exactly > what the differences are between the two (besides the name) and if there > are any incompatibilites? Dowty will sell you a Telebit with "Dowty" printed on the front. As far as I know, only the TB+ is available, and the firmware revision is old, and modified to conform to Dowty's (stupid) idea of what the British PTT regulations are. E.g. no more than 5 failed calls to any one number in 4 hours (or something like that) and no more than a dozen or so of such "blacklisted" numbers allowed before the modem curls up and needs to be powered on and off again. Bloody ridiculous. Also, they have a bunch of illiterate monkeys who write their manuals. But other than that, they're normal Telebits and work as usual. There's one on my desk. It's illegal to use a non-Dowty Telebit in the UK as it won't have a PTT approval sticker on its bottom. (Doesn't stop them working though, I'm told :-) Oh, and the markup is pretty gross as well. -- Ronald Khoo +44 81 991 1142 (O) +44 71 229 7741 (H)