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From: william.pipher@canremote.uucp (WILLIAM PIPHER)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: a 9600 modem question
Message-ID: <90030820223123@masnet.uucp>
Date: 17 Feb 90 10:25:00 GMT
Organization: Canada Remote Systems Limited, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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TO: ALL

bd>In article <25D72B20.567@paris.ics.uci.edu> roy@ics.uci.edu (John
bd>M.A. Roy) writes:

>I too need to know about 9600 bps modems.  I'm going to be using DOS
>machines and PS/2 machines.  I would very much like to have the modems 
>be internal.  Also, reliability over cost - this is a business which
>cannot afford poor transmissions.  Phone numbers of companies or 
>places to find them would also be helpful (I've never heard of a USR 
>HST :-(.

Another writer replied:

>In the PC world,( I don't care about mainframes) there are
>essentially two types of 9600 modems, Hayes and US Robotics. 

Don't forget the V.32 and V.42 modems.  Typically, 9600 and 14400
modems only operate at such high speed in one direction only at a
time.  V.32 and V.42, hovever, is FULL DUPLEX at 9600 baud.  I believe
that this will become the new standard and that one year down the road
any 9600 baud modem which does not support V.32 or V.42 will be dust.

>In addition, USR makes a 'Dual Standard 1440' that will 
>communicate with the Hayes at 9600. 

By the way, the USR HST 14400 Dual Standard means 14400 and * V.32 *
not 14400 and Hayes V9600 as was stated.  V.32 has a much wider scope
than merely the Hayes V9600, and the Hayes V9600 is NOT V.32.  As 
far as I know, nothing will talk to a Hayes V9600 at 9600 baud 
except Hayes  V9600's. 

The HST Dual Standard  is a nice machine, but is significantly 
more expensive than the MULTI-TECH  "Multi-Modem V.32 9600" which 
sells for around $840 Canadian in  Toronto, which probably means 
you're looking at $650 in the  'States.  9600 full duplex with 
MNP5 is pretty sweet, and  at  that price is  cheap, if time is 
money for you.  


MULTI-TECH SYSTEMS INC
2205 Woodale Drive
Mounds View, Minnesota
55112

(612) 785-3500


Internal modems are a bad idea, in my opinion.  You want to use them
on PS/2's under DOS/OS2 this year, but what if you want to move 
it to some other platform or operating system next?  If it's internal -
forget it!

I am just a happy user -- all disclaimers apply.

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