Hello Larry!
Saturday April 11 1998 18:30, Larry Roberts wrote to John Aldrich:
 LR>     I found out from Askey (who is the OEM manf.) that there is 
ifferent
 LR> types of 56K support, and that my ISP may not totally be compatable. It
 LR> doesn't do it with my 33.6K modem, and if I connect at 44K, or below, it
 LR> doesn't do it. I don't know if getting the same kind of modems my ISP
 LR> uses would solve the problem, or not.
Doubt it.  I'd suggest that the problems may also be related to the phone 
lines.
 LR> They use Motarolas, but I need a 56K that works in DOS. That means a
 LR> modem that is non Windows, and Pentium dependant. I don't know of any
 LR> name brand modems that are made like that. I only see Generic modems 
hat
 LR> have these features.
 LR>     My computer would run a Winmodem easlily, but I
*NEVER* Don't even THINK about it! It's nowhere near as functional as a 
hardware modem! :)
 LR> play games with KaliDOS such as Descent 1, Descent 2, WarCraft2, and
 LR> Duke3D over the Internet. I find
 LR> that I get better performance in Real DOS than in Win95, so I don't want
 LR> to have to use Win95 only.
Since your ISP is using the X2 flavor of 56k, I would NOT suggest switching 
to a k56Flex version of 56k. If you want to get a *real* motorola chip based 
56k modem, you might be better off to get a USR for maximum compatibility 
with your ISP.  Then again, 56k is a LOT more sensitive to phone line 
conditions and if you don't have the *absolute* best lines, you're likely to 
have modem problems.
      John
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