Bill Shaughnessy wrote in a message to William Wilson:
 BS>         Then how do you explain the fact that, with my PCB
 BS> Ver 15.22 mailer active (assuming that I reinstall it), I
 BS> can connect and pass mail to Stu (assuming that he
 BS> reinstalls OPUS), and in no way, shape or form can I pass
 BS> mail to you?  Don't use the modem excuse Willie.  You, Stu
 BS> and I are all using current day USR's, and I have yet to
 BS> hear of a USR modem that has problems connecting to another
 BS> USR modem. 
But it could very easily be a "modem" problem.  Two modems of the same brand 
and model can very easily be "off" at tad in "opposite" directions from each 
other, both still being within allowed "tolerances" and able to work with 
other modems but not quite able to work with each other.
Or...Some other minor hardware "glitch" between one modem, serial port, and 
CPU.  There are many "variables" that can affect one particular "link" and 
not others.  Running an SVGA capable BBS I've even seen a case where use of 
one particular Connor hard drive caused a problem where graphics started out 
fine and then went crazy over the phone line, an identical Connor drive in 
the same computer with the same modem over the same phone lines to the same 
callers that experienced the problem...Completely cured it.  
The "offending" Connor drive in another computer did not show the problem.
 BS>         Again, Willie, using a non-compliant mailer, why can
 BS> I consistently pass mail to Stu, and just as consistantly,
 BS> not pass mail to you, and especially when you and Stu
 BS> presumably have identical OPUS 1.73a packages?
Hardware diffrences are a far greater likelihood than "variations" in the 
Opus files.
Regards,
           bforeman@webstar.net
         Web site URL http://www.webstar.net/~bforeman
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