From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jan 27 13:52:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA20294 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 13:52:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.213.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA20259 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 13:52:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom@sdf.com) Received: from tom by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.73 #1) id 0xxIfX-0000AN-00; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 13:35:43 -0800 Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 13:35:37 -0800 (PST) From: Tom To: Randy Berndt cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What is a good modem? In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980127132320.008543b0@nething.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Randy Berndt wrote: > 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. I don't know about that. I can still get the old style modems from every retailer I checked, though I've never bought a modem retail... Unlesss you are talking about the Winmodem... > >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. Employee that works here gets 52K with his Motorola Modemsurfer 56k. > > Sure is. Basically all K56Flex modems are flashable. > > Not necessarily, depends on chip implementation. Zoom, Hayes, Supra/Diamond, and Motorola 56k modems are all flashable. > 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. Huh? Rockwell and Lucent have merged their 56k development (not quite, Rockwell simply ditched K56Plus for V.Flex2). Rockwell still makes their own chipsets, but they are speced to the Lucent standard. > 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. > >