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From: davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: USR Courier HST modems and pauses.
Message-ID: <10228@steinmetz.steinmetz.ge.com>
Date: 4 Apr 88 15:15:04 GMT
References: <8804020147.AA07896@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: davidsen@kbsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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In article <8804020147.AA07896@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> 27313853@WSUVM1.BITNET (Wim Bonner) writes:
>I beleive the reason for the pauses in transmission with the HST modems
>are due to the single duplex nature of the modem.
>
>Each time you have to switch directions in the flow of data, the modems
>have to agree to stop, and send in the other direction.

Could you clarify this?? The info on the HST which I have clearly states
that there is a 300baud reverse channel to allow acks and naks to travel
back without reversion the line. It also keeps up with most typists so
that the high speed may be used for screen updates.

Is the info they send out incorrect, or are you describing some other
occurence? I think Keith Peterson has these modems, perhaps he will
comment.

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