Once apon a time Bill Grimsley said, 'Re: Dynalink 33.6 init' to Simon Byrnand...



 SB> So is your Rom socketed too? I dont remember for sure (and I

 SB> cant be bothered opening my machine to find out :) but I

 SB> think mine was socketed.



 BG> Socketed DIL (not soldered PLCC like the previous version).



Just checked mine, its socketted too.



 BG> Although I've never seen the problem, USR claim that it only ever

 BG> manifested itself during interactive or chat mode (such as typing

 BG> commands when online to your local BBS), and that file transfers etc

 BG> remain unaffected.  Even if yours IS the buggy version, chances are

 BG> that you may never see the fault anyway.



True, but I do use it in interactive mode too, on my BBS doing things like

door games etc...and have not noticed a problem.



 SB> I would say that now that bug has been eliminated, it makes

 SB> the Dynalink USR Clone a VERY attractive choice,



 BG> As long as you're happy with an internal modem, sure.



Of course. There are those who just are NOT happy without loads of blinking

lights, me, I'm happy with a modem which just works as a modem, without the

added benifit of doubling as christmas tree lighting during the festive

season ;-)



(Still, the lights are handy on those occassions when things aren't going

as well as you're expecting)



 SB> Incidentally, do you have any idea why the SNR reported for a V.FC

 SB> connection is a number like 65534??



 BG> I can't remember the last time I connected at V.FC (which only goes to

 BG> 28k8, BTW), and although I've never personally seen that strange

 BG> response, I think Paul Edwards once did on a Courier he was

 BG> evaluating.  It only ever happened the once, and nobody could figure

 BG> out what caused it.



Hmm, well I've seen the same thing on two different specimins of the same

modem, so its not a fault with mine, more likely a bug with that model. I

guess no-one much cares about a bug in V.FC implementation, since V.FC is

all but dead. Pity the node1 modem in my BBS is V.FC :-/ (V.FC connections

are fine BTW, apart from the strange SNR report)



Regards,

Simon



... 24 hours in a day and 24 beers in a slab. Hmmmm...

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