Darren Hamilton wrote the following to Rick Graham, and I quote (in part):
 DH> The point is those who purchase modems before the standards
 DH> committee ratify the specifications are likely to be stuck with
 DH> orphan technology. That is why I used the HST example.
HST is a very poor example to use Darren, as _every_ USR Courier "Dual 
Standard" and "V.Everything" modem ever sold supports HST. There are still 
circumstances where very robust proprietary protocols such as PEP and HST are 
the only ones capable of making a link.
Regards....
Craig
aka: cford@ix.netcom.com
   : craig.ford@2001.conchbbs.com
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