On 07 Oct 96, Hamish Moffatt wrote to Paul Wankadia --



 > Would people ever have bought HST-only modems in the past -- was it ever

 > THAT popular???

 HM> I think Ian's referring back to the not so distant past where the best

 HM> ITU-T (or then CCITT) standard available for dialup was V.22bis --

 HM> 2400. So USR would sell a modem which did V.22bis (and V.22 and V.21),

 HM> and also HST, which was probably 9600 at the time, although HST was



The DS modems?



 HM> later available in 14.4 and 16.8, and even 21.6 with ASL "Adaptive

 HM> Speed Levelling" I believe.



How does ASL work?



 HM> The original Trailblazer did only V.22bis and PEP, PEP being a half



Was PEP made by NetComm or was that some other place?



 HM> duplex protocol (like HST) which had a maximum speed of 18031bps. I

 HM> think a few people reading this will still have scars from the amount

 HM> they paid for various Trailblazers.



Ouchy in the wallet?



 HM> Just looking at my nodelist (which I admit is from last July), PEP

 HM> seems to be more common than HST still in Australia.



Hmmm...  I'll crashmail you NODELIST.236 if you want (at 2400 -- for a VERY

fast handshake time :)



Chow.



Junyer Hakker.



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