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Date: Sun 14-Nov-1991 16:25:05 From: asd@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth) Subject: V.32bis/FAX ZyXEL modem update for NeXT folks! I'm sure everybody, or most everybody has heard about ZyXEL modems. They're fast, they offer about all the features of all the top of the line modems, and they have FAX too! Unfortunately, the FAX option did not, and does not correctly work with NeXT's. The late breaking news is that the next release ROMs for these modems (which is a measly $25 update charge, or you can download em and burn your own) WILL let the NeXT use the FAX option correctly! So anybody interested in getting a modem, might check em out. I plan on snagging one myself as soon as the new ROM revision comes out. If you've got questions, call em up at 1-800-255-4101. #include Standard disclaimer about not being affliated with company. -k
Date: Sun 15-Nov-1991 00:46:00 From: jnicolas@athena.mit.edu (Julien J Nicolas) Subject: Re: V.32bis/FAX ZyXEL modem update for NeXT folks! In article <25846@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> asd@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth) writes: Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!wupost!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!sage.cc.purdue.edu!asd From: asd@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Summary: update on fax modem for the next Date: 14 Nov 91 16:25:05 GMT Article-I.D.: mentor.25846 Sender: news@mentor.cc.purdue.edu Lines: 17 I'm sure everybody, or most everybody has heard about ZyXEL modems. They're fast, they offer about all the features of all the top of the line modems, and they have FAX too! Unfortunately, the FAX option did not, and does not correctly work with NeXT's. The late breaking news is that the next release ROMs for these modems (which is a measly $25 update charge, or you can download em and burn your own) WILL let the NeXT use the FAX option correctly! So anybody interested in getting a modem, might check em out. I plan on snagging one myself as soon as the new ROM revision comes out. If you've got questions, call em up at 1-800-255-4101. #include Standard disclaimer about not being affliated with company. -k The ZyXEL V32b modems CANNOT be used for Faxing on a NeXT at the present time. I have been experimenting with a U-1496E and the Class2_Fax_Modem_Driver that NeXT supplies with NS2.1. There are not compatible. I talked to Gordon Yang at Zero-One Networking: part of the problem is that EIA Class II is not yet a standard, only a draft, and there are a lot of loose ends that people choose to implement differently. Zero-One was hoping to make available some firmware to try and get the modem to talk to the NeXT driver but has apparently changed its mind, after realizing that the driver itself was not what they thought Class II should be... So I am afraid to disappoint you, but I don't think there will be a quick fix to the problem..unless the folks at NeXT decide to modify the driver. Aside from that, the modem works very well, and is certainly a bargain compared to other V32bis modems on the market. Julien Nicolas
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