Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!xenitec!zswamp!root
From: root@zswamp.uucp (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: 9600 bmodem, Hard drive, Lang. compiler, all wanted
Message-ID: <64.28335630@zswamp.uucp>
Date: Thu, 16 May 91 15:31:41 EDT
Organization: Izot's Swamp BBS (FidoNet), Kitchener, Ontario

In a letter to All, Russell J. Graville (gravillr@prism.cs.orst.edu ) wrote:

 >I am looking for a 9600 baud modem for my 128.  What kind of
 >modem will work with Desterm or does it matter?  Will one that
 >has MNP work and if so can it utilize the MNP on a 128 w/ Desterm?

   During development, DesTerm was tested on (my) USRobotics Courier HST, 
version 964 (9600 bps carrier, MNP5).  It has also been tested on a Telebit 
Trailblazer Plus and a 1442 revision HST.

   Basically, DesTerm will work with any more or less Hayes compatible RS-232 
modem; I can't think of any major brand of external dialup modem that doesn't 
qualify.

   DesTerm will, without any additional hardware, operate a modem at interface 
speeds up to 9600 bps.  With a SwiftLink or HART cartridge, it will operate at 
38,400 bps.  DesTerm's "[Don't] Set Connect Speed" option was designed for 
use with modems that fix their RS-232 speed higher than the physical connect 
speen in order to take advantage of the throughput increases offered by 
protocols such as MNP or V.42.

   If your modem's connect strings differ from the deafults, DesTerm's "Hayes 
Setup" menu allows you to configure the terminal to put up with whatever your 
modem prefers to say.

   The decision as to which modem to buy is up to you; it depends mostly on 
your budget and what protocol(s) are supported by your current and likely 
future contacts.  Once you decide, Matt or I will be glad to try to help you 
configure both the modem and the terminal program for optimum performance.
 

--  
Geoffrey Welsh - Operator, Izot's Swamp BBS (FidoNet 1:221/171)
root@zswamp.uucp or ..uunet!watmath!xenitec!zswamp!root
602-66 Mooregate Crescent, Kitchener, ON, N2M 5E6 Canada (519)741-9553
"He who claims to know everything can't possibly know much" -me