* Reply to msg originally in High speed Modems
> Quoting David Wei to Dwain Bossom on 04 Mar 97  11:52
 -=> Quoting Dwain Bossom to All <=-
 
 DB> Okay, I bought a used US Robotics standard Internal 14.4 KB Data and
 DB> Fax modem with no books box or anything.  I have been fiddling arounf
 DB> with the settings to optimize the trans/receiving speeds.  I pretty
 DB> much have 1670 cps for Zmodem upload and 1600 cps Zmodem download with
 DB> compression set to off (No MNP), and these transmission speed are from
 DB> compressed files (ZIP mostley).  Is there any software that I can try
 DB> to emmulate a 16.8 or something?  I know I should just buy another
 DB> modem, but I have no money and alot of bills. 
 DW> I do recall that there is few string of commands that you can enter
 DW> to make your modem capable of running like a 16.8/14.4 Courier Dual
 DW> Standard, but USR have block that after they discovered that people
 DW> are doing so... you will need a early Sportster to do so... I
 DW> recommand that V42bis to be set ON, not OFF... and you can not emulate
 DW> speed of the transmission... you can TRY to do so... BTW what Bills do
 DW> you have... those 50 or 100 bux bills? send me some... :)
The string of commands David was referring to was mentioned in the Dec
92 issue of Boardwatch magazine, which torqued USR, and they claimed
that they were revealing copyrighted firmware for mentioning it.
Unless the 14400 Sportster you're using was made in 1992, you'll
probably be out of luck trying to get the 16800 HST speed. But, just
in case you *do* have a fairly old Sportster, here's how to find out
if you can get the 16800 HST (don't worry, you won't damage anything
by doing this):
Go into your fave comm program, and type ATI7 (enter) to display
the ROM version. If it says SUPERVISOR 4.1, you *win*. If not (i.e.
the version is 4.2 or higher, stop here, don't get your hopes up.
If it *does* say SUPERVISOR 4.1, type ATGW03C6,22GW05CD,2F (enter).
Type ATI7 (enter) again. It should say OPTIONS HST,V32. Use the B1
command in your modem initialization string to activate the HST speed.
When you connect, you should get a 16800/ARQ message.
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