Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!news.stolaf.edu!news.stolaf.edu!swansonc From: swansonc@grendel2.acc.stolaf.edu (Chris Swanson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: 38.4 kbps for $169!? Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 06:44:21 GMT Sender: news@news.stolaf.edu Organization: St. Olaf College / N.E.T. Ambulance Lines: 48 Greetings, I just received my May _Data Communications_ today, and paging throught the "New Products/WAN" and on page 139 I saw a short blurb for CompuCorp's (anybody ever heard of them?) "SpeedModem." According to the report, it uses proprietary error correction, compression, and line conditioning algorithmns above 2.4 kbps. Below 2.4, it supports CCITT V22, V22.bis, and V21. Anything above that, and you need to have a "SpeedModem" hanging off either side of the line. The product is listed as available now with a 1 unit price of $169 for an ISA (PC) internal card. Interested, I called them up [(408)-732-4500] and got the following information. o Uses a 9.6 kbps data pump (proprietary, *not* V32) o The compression algorithmns are software and run on the PC's not in the modem's firmware (the 9.6 base rate pump is in firmware, however). o Only the internal card version is currently available. An external model is in the works, but will not be available until early 3Q91. No ideas on price or location of compression software/firmware. o Currently backordered. o Uses the AT command set. Has anybody worked with this modem? While it is proprietary, it would be a cheap way to get some descent SLIP/PPP performance (if the throughput is as good as they say). Since the PPP/SLIP connection is ususally between two fixed sites, proprietary modems, while not the best, would be ok (so long as they don't go south a month after the company does :) and considering the price .... Regards, -Chris -- Chris Swanson, Chem/CS/Pre-med Undergrad, St. Olaf College, Northfield,MN 55057 DDN: (CDS6) INTERNET: swansonc@acc.stolaf.edu UUCP: uunet!stolaf!swansonc AT&T: Work: (507)-645-4528 Home: (507)-663-6424 I would deny this reality, but that wouldn't pay the bills...