On 19 Jun 96  14:33:24, Bill Grimsley wrote to Tom Przeor:



 BG> Tom, at 10:38 on Jun 15 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

 

 TP> I'm not sure myself, I've seen Dynalink's press release on their

 TP> website - according to them the modem is flash apgradeable.



 BG> Is your Dynalink a DSVD (voice) modem?  If so, it should be flashable.



No, it isn't DSVD modem (or the manual forgot to mention that). It

looks now that Askey Aust. lied in that press release (I assume

you've seen a message addressed to me about that memory chip).



 TP> I'll ring their tech support and try to find out for sure.



 BG> You might also ask them if they have the new code which fixes the



I'm looking forward to the call. I'm just waiting until I know for

sure that my ROM is only a ROM. I sure ask them about BTLZ problem,

I'd like to have a fully capable modem even if I don't need it at

the moment.



 BG> problem with BTLZ.  It must be a pain running without data



I don't really care much at the moment, I'm either dealing with

compressed files or text - and to read text I have to pause every

page anyway (I could keep up reading on 1200 bps modem and just just

on 2400).



 BG> compression, although you could always force MNP4 with S27=32, and run

 BG> MNP5 over that with &K1.  If you need compression at all, it's better

 BG> than nothing I guess... 

 BG> What does your manual say about it?

 

I can't find anything on disabling v42/forcing MNP. Wrong, just

spotted it: S15=128. S27=32 disables v32bis on my model.





 TP> The manual doesn't mention anything.



 BG> That's strange.  If flashable, I'd expect the manual to reflect that.

 

Modem is designed by USR, manual is their own job. If you are

interested I can netmail AT$, AT&$ and ATS$ output, I trust it more

than the manual.

                

 BG> Dunno, I still haven't actually seen one in the flesh yet.



If I go as far south as Logan I'll give you a call and bring one for

inspection :-).

 

 TP> I do call there about twice a week for two reasons: so I can read

 TP> USR echo and my modem can practice 33.6k connects :-).



 BG> Which reminds me, are you still living up on Mt Glorious, as we were

 BG> rather curious as to why you have such incredibly good lines? 



I used to live in Mt. Glorious next door to the exchange and had

pretty good lines for that area. Also become friendly with Telecom

techs, there were about 4 regular guys working in the area and from

time to time on hot summer day I would wonder to talk to them during

their lunchbreak (with a cold sixpack). Guess whose phone line was

fixed first after bad thunderstorm (and they do get bad up there)?



Now I'm in Ferny Hills, about 1-2km. to the exchange and I'm quite

happy with the line. BTW, what's the significance of near and far

echo loss?



Cheers,

Tom             



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