Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!voder!pyramid!octopus!satyr!ditka!zinn!ubbs-nh!wa1omm!paul From: paul@wa1omm.UUCP (Paul MacDonald) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Subject: Re: What's the difference between a Supra MNP and MNP-plus? Message-ID: Date: 12 May 91 14:02:50 GMT References: <1991May10.233030.22425@ichips.intel.com> Organization: Amateur Radio Station WA1OMM Lines: 38 In article rockwell@socrates.umd.edu (Raul Rockwell) writes: >Mark Waggoner: > Could someone tell me what the difference between a Supra 2500 MNP > and Supra 2400 MNP plus is? > >the Plus has V.42 and V.42bis (This allows you to use LAPM error >correction (Link Access Procedure M) and BTLZ compression (British >Telecom Lempel-Ziv) in place of MNP -- BTLZ is about twice as fast as >MNP-5, but requires LAPM). > >I've never heard of a 2500 :-), but the 2400 MNP is supposed to be >upgradable to a Plus. > > > My local sysadmin recommends: > 2400 baud with V.22bis with MNP2-4 for error correction and > MNP-5 for data compression. > Will I get all of this with the Supra? > >yeah. > >Btw, I believe all commercial 2400 baud modems are V.22bis. > >Raul Rockwell I am not aware that the 2400's are upgradeable to a PLUS. According to Supra, they have a swap out program, send in your old Supra 2400 + $129 and they send you a Supra 2400 Plus. Likewise for the 2400zi Plus. The latter won't be available for another couple of weeks. -- 73, Paul _____________________________________________________________________ From the shack of Paul MacDonald! Packet Radio: WA1OMM@KB4N.NH.USA / / /\ / /~~/ /\/\ /\/\ /\ / /\ (~ / / / / /\ /\ / / / \/\/ /~~\ / /__/ / / / / ~ / V /~~\ ) /~/ /_/ /~~\, / V /~/ Internet: ubbs-nh!wa1omm!paul CIS: 70411,626 PLink: UPPERCRUST