On Friday July 12 1996, David Drummond wrote to Frank Filippone ...

 FF> Well, I'm a happy little modemmer, having just purchased a USR Courier :-)

Likewise here. :-)

 FF> Does this thing have a massive power amp in it to drive the speaker? My
 FF> God, it's loud!

 DD> The volume control seems to adjust between "no noise"
through "very loud"
 DD> to "EXTREMELY BLOODY LOUD".  I only turn it on when I
really have to :-)

I am much happier having a physical volume speaker than having to control
the modem's speaker volume using ATLn commands. I'll have to remember to
turn the thing down before I go to bed. As you said, it's EXTREMELY BLOODY
LOUD.

The NetComm M11F I was using before was loud, but not THIS loud!

 FF> It was too easy to set up. The manual even suggested adding &K3 to turn
 FF> off MNP5, and explained why. I find an init string of AT &F1
&K3 far too
 FF> boring for my liking :-)

 DD> I used AT&F1&W here.

That's what I've been advised to do also. Run a terminal, issue that
command and then use ATZ from then on.

 DD> Fundamentalist Religious Zealot - Welcome to the Brotherhood :-)

I am proud to have joined too. It's quite strange how I came to buy my
Courier. I was half asleep early yesterday morning, aware that my bank
account balance was healthier than usual (pay day), and I had the sudden
impulse to buy a new modem. I was thinking of an M34F (since my experience
with NetComms has always been good), but I decided on the Courier instead.
The M34F is a good modem, but from what I have seen, the Courier is the
LAST modem I will ever have to buy. Plus, it supports V.32terbo, V.34+ and
HST.

John (japp{at}mpx.com.au)

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