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From: wcs@ho95e.UUCP
Newsgroups: mod.telecom
Subject: Re: Modems with Builtin \"Protocol\"s
Message-ID: <8510260704.AA06953@UCB-VAX>
Date: Sat, 26-Oct-85 05:04:27 EST
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Posted: Sat Oct 26 05:04:27 1985
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Reply-To: wcs@ho95e.UUCP (Bill Stewart ( 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs ))
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Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
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Keywords: 2400, MNP, Fastlink, IRMA, Xmodem, VADIC 9600
Approved: telecom@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
Summary: Do they work with UUCP, Kermit, TTY5620 layers, Emacs, ...?

In article <2306@brl-tgr.ARPA> fischer@RAND-UNIX.ARPA writes:
>I looked (briefly) into the new 2400 baud modems for use with my Xenix
>system.  The dealers all push versions with a built-in protocol called
>MNP.  This protocol handles retries of bad characters, BUT (e.g., beware)
>it is not really suitable for use on communications where the underlying
>software already has a protocol.
>
>With uucp, the MNP flow control will be incompatible, and thus one will
>have to disable MNP.  
>
>With Kermit, MNP is likely to play havoc .... flow control ....
>... Emacs with ... control-s or control-q,

I'm glad someone else asked!  Has anyone been able to find out if either the
IRMA Fastlink board (which uses some bizarre packetization scheme) or
Racal-Vadic's new 9600 baud modem can handle uucp.  How about "layers"
(the protocol for the TTY 5620 "Blit")?
			Thanks
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## Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs