From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jan 27 11:23:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA17246 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 11:23:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from kilgour.nething.com (kilgour.nething.com [204.253.210.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA17200 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 11:23:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rberndt@nething.com) Received: from randy.nething.com (randy.nething.com [204.253.210.83]) by kilgour.nething.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id HAA22636; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 07:22:50 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980127132320.008543b0@nething.com> X-Sender: rberndt@nething.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 13:23:20 -0600 To: Tom From: Randy Berndt Subject: Re: What is a good modem? Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Good morning, Tom. Remember, he is talking about buying a >> new << modem. At 09:53 AM 1/27/98 -0800, Tom wrote: >Sportsters are not flashable, only Couriers. Wrong. Older sportsters (from several years ago) are not flashable. Newer ones are. >It is hoped that most Couriers will be flashable to ITU. That might be a problem. Older couriers (way older) may have problems. Newer ones are all flashable. >K56Flex modems are capable of auto-leveling to reach a max of 56k, but X2 >modems put out too high levels so are limited to 53k. This seems to be >limitation of the DSP on some of the Couriers and USR TC modems. USR >designed X2 to support as many USR modems as possible. I don't know if >the ITU will be as forgiving. Can't comment on the 56 vs 53 part. My personal opinion is that it won't matter, since you will probably never get above 45-48 with real-world phone lines. > Sure is. Basically all K56Flex modems are flashable. Not necessarily, depends on chip implementation. Remember, USR and Lucent have jumped on the ITU spec. Rockwell is nowhere to be seen. X2 vs flex argument becomes meaningless when the official spec is out. Basic Advice For Buyers: READ THE BOX! Make sure the modem is flashable, and the manufacturer guarantees a FREE upgrade to the spec when available. I agree with one of the other posters. You can have my Courier when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers. Sportsters, on the other hand ..... (pardon the pun). Randy Berndt ---------------------------------- AOS/VS, Win95, FreeBSD, WinNT, DOS, Win311: I'm caught in a twisty little maze of operating systems, all different.