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From: john@stiatl.UUCP (John DeArmond)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: USR HST/IX and HST/V.32 modems
Keywords: not Telebit compatible
Message-ID: <1997@stiatl.UUCP>
Date: 6 Dec 88 14:28:50 GMT
References: <13215@ncoast.UUCP>
Reply-To: john@stiatl.UUCP (John DeArmond)
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Organization: Sales Technologies Inc., Atlanta, GA
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In article <13215@ncoast.UUCP> mikes@ncoast.UUCP (Mike Squires) writes:
>I called USR tech support today and got the following information from the
>person who answered (if this is wrong then it's not my fault :-) ):
>
>1.  The HST/IX is not TB compatible; it consists of a HST with software to
>    make it more usable with UNIX.  
>
>    One can apparently trade a TB modem plus $795 for a USR 9600 modem.
>    There was a rumor at COMDEX that they were trading one-for-one but that
>    seems to be false (too good to be true, if you wanted a USR).
>
>2.  The HST/V.32 dual mode modem costs $725 to BBS sysops.  The cost of
>    of upgrading a HST to the dual mode is $795 plus the old modem.  There
>    was no special discount price for sysops currently using the HST.
>
>    (This differs slightly from what I was told by another person on the same
>    line earlier this year; he said that there was no need for a 300 bps to
>    450 bps backchannel upgrade as there would soon be a major upgrade out
>    that could be retrofitted to the HST.  They changed their minds, I suppose.)
>
>
>Mike Squires Allegheny College Meadville, PA 16335 814 724 3360
>uucp: ..!cwjcc!ncoast!{mikes,peng!sir-alan!mikes} or ..!pitt!sir-alan!mikes

There is something everybody should be aware of.  This information came
directly from a Telebit company representative who spoke to the Organization
of Atlanta Sysops a couple of months ago.

USR and Telebit have signed agreements to make their modems compatible.
Both companies have submitted proposals to the CCITT for a V.34 standard.
According to the Telebit rep, CCITT is heading toward approving PEP
as the V.34 standard.  Regardless of whether the PEP or the HST protocol
is adopted, USR and Telebit have agreed to merge protocols as soon as
V.34 is approved.  I suspect that the compatibility will be at the 
Telebit T-1000 level.  I suspect that is the real reason for it's existence.
At the time the rep spoke, the T-1000 had not been "officially" announced,
so he could not "officially" comment on it.  This last statement is purely
my speculation.



John De Armond                             | "I can't drive 85!"
Sales Technologies, Inc.    Atlanta, GA    | Sammy Hagar driving 
...!gatech!stiatl!john                     | thru Atlanta!