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Subject: Re: Cloning a 2.5" IDE/PATA Laptop Hard drive
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> wrote:
> In message <oud7pg$da8$1@dont-email.me>, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> 
> 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.

Didn't FCC only allow up to 53K speed?


> >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 ... (-:

I remember some USR Sportster modems could get V92 firmware upgrades.
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