[comp.sys.mac.hardware] Info needed on modem error correction techniques

rabbit@eddie.mit.edu (Warren J. Madden) (03/16/90)

Greetings!

I'm considering finally going to a 2400-baud modem, and I wanted to learn a
bit more about the new protocols that are around that do data compression
and error correction, such as MNP-5.  Does anybody out there know of a good
magazine article or such that would bring me up to speed on these things?

And while I'm here, I know that there was a lengthy discussion on various
2400-baud modems a little while ago.  Does anybody have a summary of the
final consensus?  Thanx in advance on both counts.


Tired of watching the characters crawl by,

Warren J. Madden
rabbit@eddie.mit.edu
...!eddie!rabbit

pete@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Pete_Arebalo) (03/17/90)

/ hp-ptp:comp.sys.mac.hardware / rabbit@eddie.mit.edu (Warren J. Madden) /  8:07 am  Mar 15, 1990 /
Greetings!

I'm considering finally going to a 2400-baud modem, and I wanted to learn a
bit more about the new protocols that are around that do data compression
and error correction, such as MNP-5.  Does anybody out there know of a good
magazine article or such that would bring me up to speed on these things?

And while I'm here, I know that there was a lengthy discussion on various
2400-baud modems a little while ago.  Does anybody have a summary of the
final consensus?  Thanx in advance on both counts.


Tired of watching the characters crawl by,

Warren J. Madden
rabbit@eddie.mit.edu
...!eddie!rabbit
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werner@milano.sw.mcc.com (Werner Uhrig) (03/17/90)

	if you can FTP, you can get some (admittedly dated) modem-related
	news articles from RASCAL.ICS.UTEXAS.EDU;  here is the file-list
	in directory misc/news/modems:

  15 -rw-rw-r--  1 werner      14402 Sep 26  1988 MNP-protocol-explained
  20 -rw-rw-r--  1 werner      19783 Mar 23  1989 best.modems
   5 -rw-rw-r--  1 werner       4441 Sep 10  1988 cables
   5 -rw-rw-r--  1 werner       4276 Jul 20  1988 call-back
   6 -rw-rw-r--  1 werner       5192 Jul 10  1988 flow-control
   6 -rw-rw-r--  1 werner       5937 Jul 10  1988 hayes-now-ccitt-v.42
  14 -rw-rw-r--  1 werner      13833 Oct  8  1988 misc
   3 -rw-rw-r--  1 werner       2321 Mar 23  1989 mnp
  12 -rw-rw-r--  1 werner      11337 Sep 14  1988 modulation
   6 -rw-rw-r--  1 werner       5825 Oct 24  1988 review.8806
  10 -rw-rw-r--  1 werner      10139 Jul 10  1988 speeds
   7 -rw-rw-r--  1 werner       6512 Oct 21  1988 telebit-general-info
  11 -rw-rw-r--  1 werner      10850 Nov  4  1988 telebit-overview-8804
   9 -rw-rw-r--  1 werner       8942 Sep 27  1988 trailblazer-offer

	note the file named "MNP-protocol-explained" (the correctness of
	the contents of these files are not guaranteed by anyone, of course)

				I hope this helps,		---Werner

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