[comp.dcom.modems] 9600 bps modems: What to buy?

sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis) (08/31/90)

	I'm confused. About 9600 bps modems. Here's the deal:

	1) I'm not filthy-rich --just a little-bit-rich.
	2) I see all these *funny things* like HST, v.32, v.42, v.42bis,
		MNP, PEP -- which I assume are standards defining
		the modulation scheme and/or protocols used to get the
		data across the line -- associated with 9600 bps modems.
	3) I want to buy a 9600 bps modem that will, with a respectable
		chance, be suitable to talk to someone else's 9600 bps
		modem.

QUESTION: GIVEN THESE THINGS, WHICH OF THE *FUNNY THINGS* IS (ARE?) OF
          PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE?

Peace.
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mikes@NCoast.ORG (Mike Squires) (09/01/90)

In article <4221@trantor.harris-atd.com> sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis) writes:
>
>QUESTION: GIVEN THESE THINGS, WHICH OF THE *FUNNY THINGS* IS (ARE?) OF
>          PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE?

If you want to link to another UNIX box using uucp, you'll need a Telebit.
If you want to cruise the Mac and MS-DOS BBS's then you'll want a USR HST
or USR Dual Standard.

The V.32's seem to be taking over as a standard modem in many applications but
the Telebit is much faster running uucp and the USR HST is much more common
with BBS's.