Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!grr
From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Dial on DTR high
Message-ID: <3738@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 6 May 88 00:32:07 GMT
References: <10273@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <10277@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <489@spar.SPAR.SLB.COM>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <489@spar.SPAR.SLB.COM> faunt@spar.UUCP (Doug Faunt (phone (415) 496-4727)) writes:
> >Thanx to everyone who answered; the near-unanimous recommendation
> >was for the Trailblazer.
> 
> In this group, TB's are the answer for everything!!! 8-}
> (I think the group mind is correct in this, BTW).

As one of the Trailblazer supporters, frankly, for reading news remotely
I think I'd prefer the Courier HST - for most interactive applications,
the Trailblazer is great, but for things like rn and vi where a single
character is supposed to promote action, the packet delay is noticable
and irritating.  You also notice the pause and go when the end of the
output doesn't fill a packet and the packet has to time out before being
transmitted.

While I'm not about to give up my Trailblazer(s)  on account of these
little quirks, however it would be interesting if there was a way to lock
them into "short packet" interactive mode and/or provide a HST compatible mode.

Generally when people ask which modem they should get, I query what
the want to use it for.  Unix/uucp and mostly file transfer applications
are hands down for the Trailblazer.  Simple interactive use and BBS
access might go better with the HST.

-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {uunet|ihnp4|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@uunet.uu.net
Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)