Subj : Re: Cloning a 2.5" IDE/PATA Laptop Hard drive To : All From : G6JPG-255@255soft.uk Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:21 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Cloning a 2.5" IDE/PATA Laptop Hard drive Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 01:12:44 +0000 Organization: 255 software Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <2e49F9HceGAaFw0R@soft255.demon.co.uk> <9gka0d55a85fgg6d62v76qacjftdvtei72@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="50533736114ad7eb9758e4f30c119e08"; logging-data="1156"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/wL2H0lr3WHg53sna4GyMW" User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M () Cancel-Lock: sha1:4YE1jgM4l0dNnQgkNKgI5XejsSo= Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134516 In message , Paul writes: [] >But you know why that is, right ? > >Your download max was 33.6, not 56K. > >A 56K modem has a fallback to 33.6K protocol, if the modem pool at the >other end indicates it doesn't support 56K. It was only ever 56k for download, basically because the mainframe computer via the telephone system effectively had direct control of the D-A converter in the exchange and could thus generate the waveform, whereas in the upload direction, your computer (MoDem) did not know the sampling instant of the A-D in the exchange, so had to go slow enough (oversimplifying) that waveform detection worked. > >The people who run modem pools, can't always afford to upgrade them. > >There are standards like V.34, V90, and V92. I didn't get >V92 here - AFAIK, things stopped here at V90. Wasn't the difference between V90 and V92 just a firmware upgrade, not requiring hardware changes? It was all such a Long Time Ago ... (-: [] >The deployment of ISDN was delayed enough, it overlapped >with ADSL, and thus ISDN couldn't have any momentum. [] >The people in Europe seemed to have access to ISDN, >and I vaguely remember some "Fritz modem" being used >for the ISDN end. > > Paul I don't think it really got wide use here (UK) - certainly not for home use, and I don't think much for business; (a) it was too expensive, (b) I don't think it was asymmetrical (the A in ADSL, though I gather that's usually omitted in US), which is what most people want. Again, ADSL appeared here too before ISDN had much chance to be introduced. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "Going to church doesn't make you a Christian anymore than going to a garage makes you a car." - Laurence J. Peter --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .