On Feb 17 10:24 96, Paul Edwards of 3:711/934.9 wrote:

BG>> As it happens, I can sort-of see his point, but this relates
more to USR's 
BG>> apparent failure to adequately document the necessity of using
&W under 
BG>> the aforementioned circumstances.  All they say is that it must be done, 
BG>> no reason given (or none that I can find, at least).

PE> Even if they had documented it, it would simply mean that it wasn't
PE> a bug, it was a VERY BAD design.

On going through my past files, I find that the USR had (and still has) the
facility to do port lock for high speed, and speed shift for low speed
calls.

Complex little beast to setup and run I suppose - but the idea was that it
gave fast response to command changes at 2400 baud, while still running
well with big buffers at 33.6k.

Paper only - I've never done it, and I've never seen it - but the claim is
that more than several BBS systems in the USA used it, and used it hard.

IMHO, this bit is an artifact of that capability.  Still a bug as far as
I'm concerned however.  Not gonna loose any sleep over it - my port is
locked at 57600 and stays there, with &W done to be sure from Bink
terminal mode.

Regards,
Dave Hatch.

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