Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!spool.mu.edu!uunet!easy!lron From: lron@easy.lrcd.com (Dwight Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Subject: Re: A 9600 baud modem for $169!!! Message-ID: Date: 26 Jun 91 08:00:07 GMT Article-I.D.: easy.lron.5330 References: <29138@know.pws.bull.com> <9149@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> <9154@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> <1959c56e.ARN01fc@nesbbx.UUCP> Organization: You must be talking about someone else. Lines: 24 In article <1959c56e.ARN01fc@nesbbx.UUCP> nesbbx!billsey@agora.UUCP (Bill Seymour) writes: >In article <9154@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, Brewski Rogers writes: >> >> full-duplex 9600 bps is just about the dumbest thing I ever heard of. >> Anyone who NEEDS to send AND receive at full speed (as opposed to >> 1 9600 bps and 1 450 bps channel) please respond. I'd be glad to hear >> what all that extra technology is being used for. >> > I think anyone who's using a 9600 baud modem for Kermit or XModem >transfers will say they NEED full duplex at full speed. It's only when >you're in ZModem or WXmodem type transmissions that you don't lose performance ^^^^^^^ WXmodem is a windowed protocol and it uses the back channel as much as Xmodem does, the protocol I think your talking about is YModem-G which is a streaming protocol. > BTW, I believe the modem the original article was refering to >(a '9600' baud modem for $169) was really a 2400 baud modem with V.42bis. >That means you can use a 9600 baud DTE rate, and theoretical throughput >can be as high as 9600 baud. Fits the price range anyway... Nope, Compucom makes a 9600 asymetric modem with MNP-5 and I think V.42bis as well and it has a price of $169.