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From: jseymour@medar.com (James Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Another 9600 protocol!
Message-ID: <82@hdwr1.medar.com>
Date: 15 Mar 91 12:45:30 GMT
References: <1991Mar2.005717.14483@qiclab.scn.rain.com> <1991Mar7.053032.5393@melb.bull.oz.au>
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In article <1991Mar7.053032.5393@melb.bull.oz.au> kmp@melb.bull.oz.au (Kevin M Payne) writes:
>
>Is there any standard, defacto or otherwise for 9600 (V29) modems.  i.e.
>turning the line around etc.   Do any modems provide a buffered (and
>assumed flow control) V29 protocol that turns the line around but yet is
>transparent to the user?  If such a standard exists, where can it be found?
>

MultiTech runs MNP-6 "on top of" their v.29 implementation.  The product
is their 696E.  It handles all of the above.  Other than a couple of
v.29-specific register settings, it doesn't look or act any differently
than any other modem with MNP.  I've been using a couple of them for
remote logins on a system here at work and they're doing quite an
acceptable job for that use, but I suspect the turn-around delay would be
noticable with some file transfer protocols.  They're quite a bit less
expensive than the v.32 modems.  I asked them about the "standard-ness"
of v.29 and, as I recall, they mentioned that at least one or two other
vendors had implemented v.29 in a manner that was compatible with the
MultiTech product.

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>Bull H.N. Information Systems Australia  |   Fax:      +61 3 420 0445
>I never speak for the company, that would put the PR people out of a job!

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