Paul, at 10:10 on Feb 04 1996, you wrote ...

PE>>> 4. Having problems talking to a Supra modem, 50% dropouts 
PE>>> where previously there were none (with a Spirit Thunder 
PE>>> modem).

DD>>> Mr Speed's Supra can only manage to connect here at 
DD>>> 14,400.

PE>> That is correct.  He has a 14400 bps modem.

DD>> Would you expect it to connect at better than 14,400 then?

PE> No, I would expect it to not drop out for 30% of calls.  

This is because the modem in question can't/won't honour the retrain
requests (what ever reason they were requested)

PE> Crikey, even Bill for all his moaning only had 10% dropouts 
PE> with my Spirit.

DD>>> Definitely sets it to 0 (zero) here.  Pehaps you have a 
DD>>> "bad" load of the SDL.

PE>> Me, Dave Hatch, and most likely Poe Lim also must have a 
PE>> bad load. The reason I mention Poe is because Dave says he 
PE>> got the settings from Poe, and S56=0 was one of the things 
PE>> you had to do after &F1. I wondered why, when that was 
PE>> supposed to be the default.

DD>> I wonder if the later ROM has the default at 16 then?  What 
DD>> is the setting 

PE> Looks like it.

DD>> after the July05/July05 SDL is loaded?

PE> Back to 0, just like the manual says.  Yes, that bug has 
PE> been solved by downgrading ROMs.  

Is it a bug, or an "upgraded" default?  What does the latest
manual say the default should be?

David
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