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From: tnixon@hayes.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax,comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Fax modems: internal vs external
Message-ID: <3952.283bdf47@hayes.uucp>
Date: 23 May 91 15:27:03 GMT
References: <1991May21.182406.25973@beach.csulb.edu> <16055@life.ai.mit.edu> <1991May22.043410.23038@wimsey.bc.ca>
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In article <1991May22.043410.23038@wimsey.bc.ca>, sl@wimsey.bc.ca
(Stuart Lynne) writes: 

> In article <16055@life.ai.mit.edu> hqm@ai.mit.edu (Henry Minsky) writes:
> }In article <1991May21.182406.25973@beach.csulb.edu>, sichermn@beach.csulb.edu (Jeff Sicherman) writes:
> }It is true that at those data rates, you might expect some noise; we
> }haven't had a noticable problem, but apparently it was enough of a concern that the 
> }Class 2 standards committee is holding up the acceptance of the standard until they 
> }add some sort of reliable host-to-modem data-link layer to the protocol.
> 
> We wouldn't want to think there might be any alterior motives to this delay ......
> but unfortunately there does seem to be some behind the scenes politic'ing going on.

As you know, I've been an active participant in this work.  I don't 
think there are any "alterior motives" involved, just serious and 
sincere technical disagreement with regard to whether or not this 
DTE-DCE protocol should be mandatory in all fax modems.  But at the 
meeting of TR-29.2 earlier this month, the committee voted to make 
it optional.  There are a few more relatively minor, but technically 
important, issues to be resolved (mostly having to do with handling 
of error conditions), and then Class 2 should be ready to go out for 
ballot again.  I expect this to happen at the TR-29 meeting in 
August in Yountville, CA.

	-- Toby

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