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From: loodvrij@cyb.fred.com (Bruce 'Loodvrij' Keeler)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Any high speed modems that actually work?
Message-ID: <CEv75H.B0K@cyb.fred.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 02:05:26 GMT
References: <terry.750367146@uivlsisd.csl.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Cacophonous Yodellers' Box (907) 338-4942
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In article <terry.750367146@uivlsisd.csl.uiuc.edu> terry@uivlsisd.csl.uiuc.edu (Terry Lee) writes:
> A while back during the discussions of RS232 flow control, a few people
>mentioned that very few high speed modems actually implement flow control
>correctly and reliably or use a large enough buffer. Could the people in
>the know mention a few modems that do have good implementations? The popular
>choices seem to be the USR Sportster, Zoom, Supra, Intel, and the Hayes Accura.
>I've heard good things about ZyXEL but they seem to be more expensive. I'm
>looking for a good 14.4K FAX modem to use with my FreeBSD system. If possible,
>please post as the answers might benefit others. Thanks!
Well, despite Terry Lamberts concerns ('You'll never make it work properly
unless you rewrite the device driver properly') I've been using a USR Sportster
for a while now with few problems. I'm using NetBSD 0.8 with cdg's bidir
com stuff (not sio). I used to get a few silo messages messages til I
commented them out, but they don't seem to do any harm. Indeed, the only
problems I've experienced seem to occur when someone calls in and gets a
call waiting - it seems to lock up NetBSD altogether, and I have to resort
to the little red switch.
Mind you, I've got a 486DX2-66, so it may be just my processor enabling it
to keep up.
hasta...
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