PE> Why doesn't the problem occur with USR Sportsters?

 RS> It think the evidence is pretty clearcut myself. There is a 
 RS> critical extra required to make the bug in the Digicom code 
 RS> visible. That critical extra is more OFTEN seen when its a 
 RS> Rockwell chipset at the other end. But if has been seen with 
 RS> another Spirit at the other end, QED, its not the Rockwell 
 RS> chipset thats got the problem.

Or the same bug that is in Rockwell's code, occasionally occurs in the
Spirit too.  It's not conclusive until you have a trace.  Very likely, but
not conclusive.  The problem happens with MNP4 too, just not so frequently.
 No-one can be sure of just what's going on until there's a trace.  

Very few people in the US are concerned about a double-send problem.  I
think it is because they are not experiencing it themselves.  From my
experience, Americans are far more responsive to other American's problems
than foreigners.  BFN.

Paul

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