Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!att!mtunx!mtuxo!mtgzz!drutx!dvac From: dvac@drutx.ATT.COM (Daniel Vachon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: 9600 bps modem observations - USR HST and TrailBlazer Summary: I agree Message-ID: <8117@drutx.ATT.COM> Date: 16 Jun 88 15:31:13 GMT References: Organization: AT&T, Denver, CO Lines: 36 In article , W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA (Keith Petersen) writes: > I downloaded about 20 files from a local BBS which has a USR HST 9600 > modem, using DSZ (the MSDOS zmodem program) on both ends. The > throughput is quite impressive, running between 940 and 1040 cps. No > compression was done in the modems because the files were already > compressed using the MSDOS ARC program. > > This is very impressive performance and equals what I got when I > borrowed the TrailBlazer for a few weeks (ROM ver. 4.0) and downloaded > some files from Chuck Forsberg's (zmodem author) BBS using the same > protocol. I know. I have had an HST for over 6 months and I love the thing! I used to have a 212 Apple Cat on an Apple //e, (1200 Baud) and that was a hell of an improvement over my 300 Baud cat back in 1983... At any rate, the HST really does wonders for your long distatnce phone bills, and you can't beat the price. Its around $600 mail order right now... > I just got word yesterday that USR is coming out with an update for > the HST to increase the reverse channel to 450 bps. Nice...Should speed things up a little bit > > While attending the Trenton Computer Festival I learned that almost > 90% of the BBSs in the country that are using 9600 bps are using the > HST... Thanks to their sysop support program! Also, I would like to add that when I got my HST, A LOT of sceptics were saying, "There's no standard, so don't buy one yet".... I bought it anyways and it has paid itself off in phone bills over the past 6 months. And due the large share of the market that USR got with their sysop support program, I can't see these modems dying out over night... Later -Dan Vachon- !ucbvax!inhp4!drutx!dvac