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- From: markz@ssc.com (Mark Zenier)
- Subject: Re: Help! Converting 2400 to 9600 baud.
- Organization: SSC, Inc., Seattle, WA
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:07:46 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.200746.24677@ssc.com>
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- Paula Stockholm (paula@nlbbs.UUCP) wrote:
- : Back when I had time to do a load of laundry while downloading a
- : file; I, too, was intrigued by this "legend".
- :
- : When I finally got a 9600, one look at it's complexity told me
- : that the 2400 to 9600 tale was a lot of hooey.
-
- There is some basis in fact for the upgrade. Some chip manufacturers
- came out with upgraded chip sets for their 2400 baud modems to
- also be 9600 baud FAX modems.
-
- But the problems are.
-
- 1. What the heck do you do with a FAX modem. ;-)
-
- 2. You have to have an upgradeable chipset in your current modem.
- (out of a dozen or two that are used)
-
- 3. You have to find a distributor who sells the chipset. Remember that
- the modem market consists of a small number of manufacturers with
- high volume buying, and no distributor is going to stock something
- that's not going to turn over, or is going to sell it with a HIGH
- markup. And the chipset manufacturers are niche companies like
- Silicon Systems that aren't as available as some of the big outfits.
-
- 4. You have to be adept enought in electronics to swap the chips.
- (I can thing of better things to use to learn how to surface
- mount solder with than (an estimated) $30 worth of semicondutors.)
-
- 5. In the US, It's against FCC regulations to work on your modem.
- The manufacturer has to do that.
-
- Mark Zenier markz@ssc.wa.com
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