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- From: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Subject: Re: Is 33.6 only available for USR?
- Message-ID: <DLswr5.G7M@freenet.carleton.ca>
- Sender: an171@freenet2.carleton.ca (Anthony Hill)
- Reply-To: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
- References: <4dd14b$odp@grid.direct.ca> <4ddchf$c4i@shellx.best.com> <30FA9B32.4862@fishnet.net> <4dh7j3$81i@shellx.best.com> <30FCE339.36B9@fishnet.net> <4dlt8f$1qom@seminole.gate.net> <DLGM5w.H8o@freenet.carleton.ca> <4dqj68$dcak@navajo.gate.net> <eric- <4e5na1$1cpq@seminole.gate.net> <eric-2601960213220001@sobt.accessorl.net>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 18:30:40 GMT
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-
- Eric Shaw (eric@accessorl.net) writes:
- > In article <4e5na1$1cpq@seminole.gate.net>, dhaire@gate.net (doug haire) wrote:
- >
- >>2301962157260001@sobt.accessorl.net>:
- >>Distribution:
- >>
- >>Eric Shaw (eric@accessorl.net) wrote:
- >
- >>: In article <4dqj68$dcak@navajo.gate.net>, dhaire@gate.net (doug haire) wrote:
- >>A "lot of Rockwell modems"? Name some. My Supra certainly doesn't have it
- >>(running the 11/22/95 code). I do know that the Hayes Optima does support
- >>it. Who else? Zoom? BEC? Boca?
- >
- > Really? I know you can set the MNP block size to 256 and assumed
- > (apparently wrongly) that v.42 would go at least that far. Looks like I
-
- Unfortuantly that is not the case. Almost all modems only use 128
- byte LAP-M packets, despite the fact that they have 256 MNP4 packets.
- This is true for Supra, Zoom, GVC, and all the no-name brands. It also
- includes USRs aside from the Courier 33.6s.
-
- > was foot in mouth on that part of my last post. The older PPI's go to
- > 512, but PPI and Hayes are really the same company.
-
- Now these ARE LAP-M packet sizes. Unfortunatly the 512 packets
- are a bit annoying if you have any errors on the line since PPI/Hayes did
- not include SREJ with their code.
-
- Anthony
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- Anthony Hill | an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
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