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- From: ctoomey@ccvax.ucd.ie
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Problems with Lightcom 144F & another unrelated question!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.135446.49871@ccvax.ucd.ie>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 13:54:45 GMT
- Organization: University College Dublin
- Lines: 49
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- 3 quick questions :-D ..
-
- 1) I bought an El Cheapo V32.bis/V42.bis 8-bit internal card faxmodem
- based on the (in)famous Rockwell chipset. It is produced by
- `Lightning Communications' in California, and is called something like
- a `LiteFax 14F' [don't have the box in front of me..] It has a 16550a
- UART. I bought it for the equivalent of $450 which is the VERY
- cheapest you could buy a modem here in Ireland; enduser price for an
- internal V32.bis/V42.bis ZyXel is about $935, while a Courier DS would
- set you back a whopping $2160 [modem prices are totally out of touch
- with reality here :-D]
-
- Anyhow, some testing with said Lightning (Zzzzaaap!) modem has shown
- it to be a bit tempermental - it REFUSES to connect to another similar
- modem via Long Distance; It (sometimes) locks carriers @ 14400, but
- always without initiating ANY error-correction. Via local call with
- same 2 modems, and all works okay. Sound familiar to anyone?
-
- What I'm wondering is if anyone has seen/used/heard of this modem, and
- has any hints/problems worth sharing with me.
-
-
- 2) Does anyone know if there is such thing as a modem that could be used
- with a laptop (Compaq LTE/20s) that plugs into the DIN socket of a
- cellular phone, and handles communications through handoff etc.
- (presumably with V42 or MNP4), allowing someone [although maybe not
- physically on the move] to dial into a port on an office machine,
- at some reasonable speed (above 1200bps).
-
-
- 3) Why don't modem manufacturers place flash erasable EPROMs into the
- new generation of modems, as PC manufacturers are starting to do,
- making all the business of shipping ROMs etc. to users defunct.
- Granted, if a manufacturer was to view ROM upgrades as a source of
- income (silly,silly), it would be more difficult to control
- distribution of the software images; but sure, EPROM blowers can be
- bought for next to nothing nowadays.
-
-
- Email preferred, but posting is great too !...
-
-
- Thanks in advance,
-
- - Colm Toomey -
- B.Sc.(Hons.), Graduate Student in Comp. Sci.
-
-
- P.S. My modem is driving me batty!
-