Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!cedman From: cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Forval Modems Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 20:09:56 GMT Distribution: comp Organization: University of California, Irvine, USA. Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: lynx.ps.uci.edu Recently I've seen several advertisment for V.32bis/V.42bis modems from forval for a rather decent (at least the educational) price. These modems allow remote update of the modem software itself by a simple phone call (Thus obviating the need for the constant chip-swapping which seem to be the bane of the owners of highspeed modems by other companies). While I don't read every article in this group, I don't think there has been any mention of them here yet. Does anyone have one of these ? How good are they ? How well do they communicate with high-speed modems of other manufacturers ? Could they be programmed to run one of the various proprietary protocolls ? Carl Edman -- "We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do." -- Auberon Herbert Send mail to Carl Edman