Ludi, at 14:54 on Jan 02 1997, you wrote to David Drummond ...

. . .[chomp]. . .

LD> The original question was about having retraining 'enabled',  
LD> and after the Courier owners jumped in with their response 
LD> it was queried why is it obviously this way,  given the 
LD> different possibilities.
LD>  
LD> The Courier has defined 'retrain disabled' to mean reject 
LD> remote request. 

Disabled does mean not enabled doesn't it?

LD> My modem and others has defined 'retrain 
LD> disabled' to mean accept remote request but not initiate 
LD> request.

What's the point of that?  
  
LD> Having the Courier hang up 'in disgust' seems to be quite 
LD> illogical compared to the way my modem handles it.

I guess the courier feels that if a retrain is necessary and the other end
can't comply, there is no point in continuing the connection.

I can't imagine why one would want to disable retrains (in any form) anyway...

David
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