Re: (PMOD) Winmodem information

Cedric (support@destination.ca)
Wed, 11 Aug 1999 13:03:11 -0400

At 10:45 99-08-11 , you wrote:
> > Unfortunately, Winmodems are crap, get a decent one? ;)
>
>I have had, on occasion, told a customer this. Obviously they tend to get
>quite
>upset.
>It really is a shame how manufacturers are skimping on what may be a very
>vital
>part
>of a computer system. The best modem that I find that really works with ComOS
>3.8.2c2
>is the Diamond SupraExpress 56K. It just works! (Don't confuse it with the
>SupraMax.
>The SupraMax is a winmodem. Ugh.)

Hi have a SupraExpress Winmodem PCI and is one of the worst modem i have tried,
if i'm able to connect after 5 attempt i'm lucky, but when it connect all work
fine.

>
> > &N## Sets a maximum speed, replace ## with 30 for 45333, 29
> > for 44000... etc.
>
>My landlord had a problem with his AOpen 56K internal modem frequently
>disconnecting
>him. Even s10=40 wouldn't help. I limited the top speed of his modem with an
>AT+MS=
>command (Parameters can be found with a AT+MS=? command) to 46,000 bps and it
>made his modem rock solid.
The AOpen FM56KP is a winmodem and one of the best i have tried after i have
upgrade whit the beta driver from the aopen website....

>
> > Check out those driver dates and think.. all pre-v.90 ratification date,
> > except for the 2974.
>
>Actually, I demanded an explanation from Keating Technologies, which is the
>distributor
>for 3Com Products here in Canada.

And they never return call.....
>
>Apparently, 3Com already had a lot of the V.90 code in place when they wrote
>the code
>for the majority of their modems, a year prior to the V.90 ratification. When
>3Com helped come
>out with the V.90 ratification, many of their modems met the spec already.
>3Com
>then saw no
>reason to change the code on any of their modems. Don't forget that 3Com had a

>huge hand in
>defining what the V.90 standard was going to be. I am under the understanding
>that they did
>have to change some V.90 code on some Courier modems but that's pretty much
it.
>
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>Internal Systems, Calgary, AB, Canada T2P 3C4
>Modem Network Administrator Phone: (403) 777-1300
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