Michael, at 15:00 on Apr 30 1996, you wrote to Warwick Empson ...

WE>> WE> When the line is free, the modem works flawlessly. 
WE>> WE> However, I now seem to 
WE>> WE> have a problem with Telix interpreting the time for 
WE>> WE> download, whereby the 
WE>> WE> original estimated time will be a ridiculuosly low 0.5 
WE>> WE> minutes (or so), but 
WE>> WE> the actual time might be 5 or 8 minutes. Any bright 
WE>> WE> ideas? 
  
MR> I have the same problem. it appears its a bug common with 
MR> Telix as well as a  number of other comms programs.  It 
MR> seems to be connected  with the original signal that comes 
MR> down the line. 
MR>  
MR> With a 14400 modem with 42 bis on the original connect will 
MR> come back as 38400 and Telix appears to use that speed to 
MR> calculate the transfer time. 

I think that Telix has never heard of 31,200 or 33,600.  If I dial in here
from work and get a 31,200 connect, I notice Telix says 1200 on the status
line.

David
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