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echo: aust_modem
to: Ian Smith
from: John Piper
date: 1996-02-14 06:57:38
subject: REL vs ARQ connects

Hi Ian.

On Sunday February 11 1996, Ian Smith wrote to John Piper ...

 IS> Disable MNP5 only - MNP4 (error correction) is not a problem, and all
 IS> you'll get with some older modems.  On generic Rockwells it's %C2 to allow
 IS> V.42bis but not MNP5.

Correct. In any case, I have always used %C3.

 IS> You could do it like you say, or you could put that in NVRAM,

%C3 is in NVRAM, but I could always add %C2 to my dial/answer string.

 IS> It's not very common to run into MNP5 mail sessions these days, anyway ..

----------  Wed 07 Feb 96, FD 2.12.SW
+ 14:41:51  Event 0-{at}
- 14:41:52  Preparing outbound mail
= 15:22:23  RING
= 15:22:41  CONNECT 14400/REL-4/MNP-5
+ 15:22:44  Trombonist BBS, 1:362/469
~ 15:22:44    AKA: 48:423/624, 1:362/469.100
~ 15:22:44  SysOp: Arlie Osborne
~ 15:22:44  Using: FrontDoor 2.02/Noncommercial
~ 15:22:44   Site: Chattanooga, TN
~ 15:22:44  Flags: CM,XA,#09,V32,V32B,V42,V42B,MNP5
~ 15:22:44  Phone: 423-624-9541

International FREQ. :-)

Johnno

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