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- The USRobotics Courier HST#
- modem is the new choice for#
- today's sophisticated data#
- communicators who demand the#
- highest standards of quality and#
- reliability from their equipment.#
- The $995.00 Courier HST offers a#
- combination of price, performance,#
- quality, reliability, and SPEED#
- that no other modem can match.#
- The Courier HST is a fully-#
- featured modem that with special#
- features that professional users#
- will find ingenious and indispens-#
- able. Standard features found on#
- the Courier HST include: #
- * 9600 BPS -- ERROR-FREE: #
- The Courier HST offers error-free#
- communication at data rates up to#
- 9600 bps. It also automatically#
- falls back to 2400, 1200, and 300#
- bps to guarantee compatibility#
- with virtually any other medium-#
- or low-speed modem in the field.#
- * TRELLIS-CODED MODULATION: #
- At 9600 bps, the Courier HST#
- employs Trellis-Coded Modulation#
- a convolutional coding techni-#
- que that makes data transmission#
- less vulnerable to errors caused#
- by phone network impairments. It#
- can tolerate twice the telephone#
- channel noise power as con-#
- ventional modulation, so there are#
- fewer error - control retrans-#
- missions. #
- Trellis-coded modulation is also#
- less susceptible to impulse type#
- noise. #
- * ASYMMETRIC FREQUENCY #
- DIVISION: At top speed, data#
- flows in one direction at 9600 bps#
- and at 300 bps in the other. The#
- modems automatically switch the#
- high - speed channel on demand,#
- i.e., depending on which trans-#
- mitter has the most data to trans-#
- mit. In practice, the modems#
- seldom need to reverse channels,#
- since the asymmetric design re-#
- flects typical communication#
- sessions brief messages typed at#
- one end of the link, files sent#
- from the other. The asymmetrical#
- approach provides the most effi-#
- cient and economical strategy for#
- using ordinary phone channels at#
- high speeds. #
- * ENHANCED ERROR CONTROL: #
- The HST error control protocol#
- uses sophisticated error detection#
- methods to ensure data integrity.#
- In addition, design efficiencies#
- have reduced the overhead (extra#
- control information) experienced#
- with lower - speed error control#
- protocols. In addition, the proto-#
- col doesn't slow down on long-#
- distance connections. The result#
- is accuracy, greater speed and#
- higher throughput -- approximately#
- 11,000 bps. #
- * SHORTER RESPONSE TIME: #
- Most 9600 bps modems are most#
- efficient for file transfers. You#
- will find that the Courier HST#
- offers faster response times for#
- interactive sessions as well. #
- * THE COURIER PRODUCT FAMILY: #
- In addition to the Courier HST's#
- new features, the modem incor-#
- porates the same popular capabili-#
- ties of other products in the#
- Courier line: #
- * MNP ERROR CONTROL: At 2400#
- and 1200 bps, the Courier HST#
- implements MNP, a sophisticated#
- error and data flow control#
- protocol that ensures error-free#
- data transfer. The protocol is#
- especially useful when files#
- containing numeric data are being#
- transferred, or computer programs,#
- in which a single incorrect#
- character can cause failure. #
- * INACTIVITY TIMER: You can#
- set the modem to automatically#
- hang up after a specified number#
- of minutes if there is no activity#
- on the phone line. #
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