2400 Baud Modems with MNP "Protocol"

[Barry Evans]

> In article <2306 at brl-tgr.ARPA> fischer at RAND-UNIX.ARPA writes:
> >With uucp, the MNP flow control will be incompatible, and thus one will
> >have to disable MNP.  
> >
> >For interactive computer access, if you need control-s or control-q,
> >e.g., if you use an editor like emacs ever, then again you might have
> >difficulties.
> 
I have been testing a couple of different 2400 baud modems with MNP and
think they're great.  The phone lines in this area almost always have noise
on them, the MNP protocol eliminates ALL of this.  While testing
the modem from my home, I lifted an extension phone and started dialing
without a trace of noise on the screen.  Call waiting also seems to get
corrected out - for once an incoming call doesn't disconnect me!

I will admit that I haven't had a chance to test the modems over uucp since
our neighbors don't have them yet.  Also, the modems I've tested, the
MultiTech 224 and Microcom SX2400 both allow me to send ^s and ^q characters
through to the host if I want to - this works fine.  The MultiTech has a
hayes compatable command syntax, but I feel the Microcom has a much nicer
user interface - it figures though, since it costs much more.

-barry
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