Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!telecom From: telecom@ucbvax.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.telecom Subject: Re: FASTLINK (tm) "10,000 bps or faster" modem Message-ID: Date: Mon, 18-Nov-85 14:20:21 EST Article-I.D.: SIMTEL20.KPETERSEN.12161118349.BABYL Posted: Mon Nov 18 14:20:21 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 16-Dec-85 08:07:09 EST Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 38 Approved: telecom@mit-xx.arpa In article <720@ecsvax.UUCP> hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer) writes: > > I got the glossy 4 page brochure from Digital Communications Associates, >Inc. (the IRMA people) about their FASTLINK (tm) 10,000 bps modem. It >also has 300 and 1200 compatibility, but I thought people might be >interested in some of the "fast" features. > > "Data transmission at 10,000 bps or faster." N1 > "Asynchronous dial-up connection." > "Automatic error detection and correction." N2 > >N1- inside it says "Poor quality lines may result in lower transmisssion > speeds." Latest Mini-Micro Systems (Nov 85) has an item on it. Article has test being performed with 'Telebit Trailblazer' (Telebit being the actual developer, DCA is a marketeer licensing it as Fastlink). Test had PC-card version in a Compaq in Washington DC talking to a stand-alone version at Telebit's office in California. "Telephone circuits were established through three long-distance carriers, AT&T, GTE Sprint, and Western Union. The TrailBlazer modem in Washington transmitted files through each carrier, respectively, at 14,819, 11,023 and 9198 bps." -- Stephen J. Shaw, Mini-Micro Systems, Nov 85, p.45 As stated in previous follow-up, they don't intend it for use as an interactive modem, but chiefly for bulk-transfer applications. Seems to me some of the high-volume net sites ought to look into these beasties. Bob Halloran Sr MTS, CONCURRENT Computer Corp (Formerly Perkin-Elmer DSG) ============================================================================= UUCP: {decvax, ucbvax, most Action Central}!vax135\ {pesnta, topaz, princeton}!petsd!pedsgd!bobh USPS: 106 Apple St M/S 305, Tinton Falls NJ 07724 DDD: (201) 758-7000