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- From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Is UUCP is critical feature for Unix machine?
- Date: 5 Jan 1996 00:34:44 GMT
- Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY
- Message-ID: <4chrn4$nm2@usenety1.news.prodigy.com>
- References: <4cce5p$605@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>
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- Originator: davidsen@darkstar.prodigy.com
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- In article <4cce5p$605@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>,
- Salem Reyen <m-sr0069@sparky.cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
- | Currently, there are only two brands of modems (MultiTech and Microcom)
- | provides the UUCP feature for UNIX. Is this a "must-have" feature for a modem
- | using under Unix environment? How useful is it in real life?
-
- The first provider to offer UUCP spoofing was Telebit, and I believe
- it's still in their low end modems. For V.32bis and V.34 you will
- get about the same performance using the 't' or 'e' protocols.
-
- Telebit also spoofs Xmodem and (from memory) Kermit. Check with them
- for details.
- --
- -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
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