TR>> Re: Alleged Spirit II  Spirit II V42 "doublesending" 

>>> Pity it aint anything remotely like a single instance 

TR>> I have been through the archives for the SPIRIT_SUPPORT echo since I 
TR>> started the echo and there is only ONE instance of it ever having been 
TR>> reported (by Dave Hatch).  

DH>> Confirm.  That's not only my recollection, that's the only
instance even I 
DH>> ever saw.  I'm still of the opinion it was valid - and it's certain that 
DH>> it was a very rare bird indeed.

PE> I thought you once made a comment "I've seen it more often now
PE> that I know what to look for"?

No - that was general application, finding it all over the shop in several
other modem types.  Spirit - Spirit was a seen once.

I'm not sure who all I caught with it, I think the list included Netcom,
Maestro, Banksia, and several others.  In general, anyone saddled with
early Rockwell.  There was a difference with the Netcomm symptoms, as I
recall.  Can't remember what it was...:-)

IMHO, the basic problem was a Rockwell chip level situation. (Or perhaps a
software generic misconception.)  It carried directly on from the MNP4 bug
of the same genre.

Thank heavens, it seems to be gone...:-)  (Which probably points at
firmware upgrades as the fixed entry - some of the original datapumps are
almost certainly still out there.)

Regards, Dave Hatch

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