David, at 23:18 on Mar 14 1996, you wrote to Nick Balgowan...

NB> I haven't heard of the problem Paul Edwards is having, do you have any
NB> more info?

db> * Paul is located in Sydney, NSW.  Paul has a NetComm M34F (Rockwell),
db> although he has also tried a Spirit Viper (Rockwell) and a USR Courier.

db> * The troublesome modem is a USR Sportster (we'll call him
"Bill"), located
db> in Queensland.

Funny name for a modem, but I digress...

db> * The Sportster calls the Courier, no problems.

Correct.  Almost 100% consistent 28800 connects to the Courier.

db> * The Sportster calls either the Viper or the M34F, problems.

The Viper would always connect, albeit at a lower link rate, either
24000bps or 26400bps, but the M34F was normally only connecting at
26400/NONE or 28800/NONE (and even then, only around 20% of the time)
unless the lesser link rate of 26400bps was forced from my end, following
which it would connect with LAPM almost every time without fail.

db> As I said, that Motorola-doesn't-like-calling-Rockwells sounds similar to 
db> the USR calling Rockwell problem Paul's been having.

He has major problems with a Maestro 9600SE too, if I recall correctly.

db> Apparently since all this first started happening, a new EPROM has gone 
db> into the Sportster which, at first glance, appears to have fixed the 
db> problem.  Only time will tell, I guess.

Since fitting the V.34+ 33k6bps EPROM to my Sportster, I have made
somewhere between 30-40 calls to Paul's M34F, and with the exception of
just one which connected at 26400/28800/LAPM, all others have connected at
full speed, and with error correction.  In addition, a troublesome Hayes
Optima is now also connecting without problems at full speed, so I feel
reasonably confident that my problem has now been resolved.

Regards, Bill

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