KC>> BTW what is it like connecting to other modem brands?

 CA>> Well I don't know what its like if you dial out but I know
 CA>> that I have bee trying to connect to a Courier 28k8 and it
 CA>> just hangs up on me all the time.

 BG> Numerous messages in USR_MODEMS of late, have indicated that the majority
 BG> of Rockwell-based 28k8bps modems are being supplied with retrains disabled
 BG> as their factory default state, and if the USR requests a retrain which is
 BG> not acknowledged by the Rockwell, the modems will immediately drop DTR.
 BG> The extremely simple (and immediate) workaround for this
"problem" is to
 BG> enable retrains by writing %E2 to the Rockwell's init$ (i.e. AT%E2&W).

And if you don't have any control over the Rockwell settings, is
there something that can be done in the USR to stop it dropping
out if a retrain it requests is not acknowledged?  BFN.  Paul.
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--- Mksmsg