Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sm.unisys.com!csun!polyslo!steve
From: steve@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Steve DeJarnett)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Ven-Tel Pathfinder 18K
Keywords: PEP?
Message-ID: <4742@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 19 Oct 88 17:22:48 GMT
References: <2481@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Reply-To: steve@polyslo.UUCP (Steve DeJarnett)
Distribution: na
Organization: Lab Rat Rumpus Room -- Cal Poly SLO
Lines: 30

In article <2481@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> yuan@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Yuan Chang) writes:
>	I just noticed an ad in the new issue of PC Mag (Oct 11th).
>There's an ad for the Ven-Tel Pathfinder 18K which claims the PF 18K will
>get up to 18,000 bps w/o data compression.  And also that it'll have speed
>fallbacks in 100 bps increments.  Now, does this sound like a TrailBlazer?
>My question is: will this thing be compatible w/TB?  There's no mention of
>the TB anywhere in the ad...

	We had a demo version about 3 months ago.  These modems come in the
same size package as all other VenTel 1200/2400 baud modems.  They DO work
with Trailblazers (after wading through the manual, I finally found the part
that says that it does implement the PEP protocol).  We had the loaner hooked
up and "'blazing" away in about 15 minutes.  It connect perfectly with 2 
different Trailblazers and seemed to work just fine.

	Basically, from what I can see, it's a Trailblazer clone. Note:  even
the names are basically the same:

	Trail = Path
	Blazer ~= Finder

We eventually bought a TB+, but the decision was based on the USENET offer from
TB, not from any dissatisfaction with the VenTel.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Steve DeJarnett            | Smart Mailers -> steve@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU     |
| Computer Systems Lab       | Dumb Mailers  -> ..!ucbvax!voder!polyslo!steve |
| Cal Poly State Univ.       |------------------------------------------------|
| San Luis Obispo, CA  93407 | BITNET = Because Idiots Type NETwork           |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------