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- From: dhaire@gate.net (doug haire)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: run a 14.4 faster than 14.4?
- Date: 20 Feb 1996 01:41:43 -0500
- Organization: CyberGate, Inc.
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- References: <ragnaroek1996Feb18.094915.23901@news2.compulink.com> <Dn04nq.4rC@freenet.carleton.ca>
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- Anthony Hill (an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:
- :
- : Adam (iguana@cml.com) writes:
- : > I have a friend who has a Generic 14.4 modem, which he can get to run
- : > at a speed of 16.8 through the use of a "tweaked out" init string... I
- :
- : The only modem I've heard of being able to do this are some really
- : old ('92 vintage) USR Sportsters. They could run at 16.8 HST. Of course,
- : in some cases 16.8 HST can be slower then 14.4 v.32bis since HST is a
- : half-duplex (one-way) protocol, while v.32bis is full-duplex. The real
- : advantage to these modems was that they were based on more reliable
- : hardware then the newer Sportsters.
-
- Very good... except that HST is not half-duplex, it is asymetrical full
- duplex. It is quite fast and just as fast as a V.34 16800 connection in
- any one direction at a time. The high speed side of the connection shifts
- depending upon which side has the greater data flow. THis works fine for
- most file transfers but causes a rather jerky motion when typing online.
- Do not *ever* bother using a bi-directional transfer protocol in
- bi-directional mode with an HST connection.
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