PE> It does recover from errors in transmission, but you
 PE> aren't likely to see any of those either, with EC modems.
 
 JT> Apparently you haven't seen the condition of line quality
 JT> around our place. I sorta often get Zmodem picking up errors,
 JT> yet on a clean line I transfer stacks of data without a hitch.

 RS> That cant be line errors producing that, you are confusing line errors
 RS> which are transparently fixed between the error correcting modems, and
 RS> other deficiencys in the total collection of two PCs, two modems etc.

 I call some bbs's, and download at full clapper cps rates for anything up to
an hour at a time and have no problems.  Yet on a bad day when I call a
particular bbs, I might get several errors over the whole download.  On the
same line, it tends to drop out more often, but it sometimes stays on with
errors.
 And yes I'm sure I have EC turned on, I've tried it turned off once, sheez it
was bad.  IMO, EC *improves* the situation, but does not always completely
eliminate errors.

 RS> If line errors are getting past the modems EC you have a problem
 RS> somewhere. 

 I wish I knew where, I have also noticed this with my older system that I
used to use, a different pc, modem altogether.  Come to think of it, it doesn't
happen all that often nowadays, it pauses for a while and drops carrier, but
it sometimes holds on with crc errors.  I notice the pauses while using the
menus as well, not just on downloads.
 If I call late at night (er, morning), it tends to be better, but at peak
hour (evening) it's a mess.

John Tserkezis, Sydney, Oz. Fidonet: 3:712/610  Internet: jt{at}suburbia.com.au

... Look Ma, No Brain!!!!
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