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From: schuster@panix.uucp (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Software mnp5 for a pc?
Keywords: error correction, mnp5 modems, emulation
Message-ID: <1991Mar13.012212.25618@panix.uucp>
Date: 13 Mar 91 01:22:12 GMT
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In article <27DD3532.14016@orion.oac.uci.edu> rprohask@orion.oac.uci.edu (Robert Prohaska) writes:
>
>Does there exist software for a dos pc that allows it to 
>use mnp5 protocol over a non-mnp modem? 


Yes. There are several varieties of an MNP5 emulator produced by a Chicago area
company called MagicSoft. (MTE and FlashLink are two names that come to
mind ... some of these are OEM products that are bundled in with modems).

Anyone reading this newsgroup will be quick to point out that you can never
get performance near to an MNP5 equipped modem because such devices operate
in a pseudo-synchronous mode that decreases overhead. 

My own personal bias is that the price difference between an inexpensive MNP 
modem and one without is equal to the cost of MTE.
Draw your own conclusions.



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