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From: root@zswamp.uucp (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: 3B2/modem recommendations wanted
Message-ID: <7225.280D2814@zswamp.uucp>
Date: 17 Apr 91 19:09:18 GMT
Organization: Izot's Swamp BBS (FidoNet), Kitchener, Ontario
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In a letter to All, Bob Izenberg (bei@dogface ) wrote:

 >When I last looked, Hayes support for 3B2s wasn't the best.  

   What do you want in the way of 'support'?  Your 3B2, on which I presume 
you're running AT&T UNIX of at least 3.1 vintage, should come with uucp and 
cu; once you've configured the on-board software for your modem, no extra 
support is needed.  Frankly, any problems you'll have will be better dealt 
with by asking your OS support people to help yo configure the serial port 
rather than the modem support people.

 >The modem that I go with should do at least 2400 baud,

   That's pretty much understood these days.

 >and should be able to have DCD true all the time,
 >dipping DCD and then raising it when a valid carrier
 >is detected.

   I haven't seen too many of these.

 >Transparency to uucp 'g' is a must.

   I have not in the past decade met a single modem that could not be 
configured to be transparent.

   Geoff

DISCLAIMER: I wish I worked for someone on whose behalf I could deny 
responsibility for my comments.  I'm only a poor schmuck who has connected a 
Trailblazer Plus to a 3B2 ACP on a 3B4000.
 

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