On May 27, 1996 at 08:56, Bill Grimsley of 3:640/305.9 wrote:

 db>> Certainly the M7F modems, but he joined after the M5 modems...
 BG> Seems that NetComm aren't to fussy when it comes to their employees then.

As I said .. "management".  Perhaps the management at USR is
somewhat more engineering-aware/inclined than their counter-parts at
NetComm.

 db>> No need to call NetComm owners crazy, then.  :-)
 BG> A bad USR still has to be better than the best NetComm...  :)

With programmers from MBE writing the controller/DSP code?  :-)

Actually I was asked to investigate a problem with a NetComm Roadster 288
(nee, "Automodem") today .. what a heap of shit, and I couldn't
bring myself to tell the guy.  Nowhere near as good as the SmartModem
series (clearly standard Rockwell crap, too).  Like Banksia, some NetComms
are okay and some are crap;  some perform better under certain conditions
and others don't .. that's telecommunications via the PSTN fer ya.

 BG> Just be thankful the you weren't one of the poor bastards who forked out
 BG> $2199 for the short-lived TPEP WorldBlazer then.

Absolutely!  I can't recall anyone I know getting the WorldBlazer, but one
or two sysops I knew at the time got the TrailBlazer V.32 (I connected to
it with my M5, back then, and subsequently with my M7F).

 BG>> It works fine with everybody else's NetComm, so what's different at
 BG>> Wollstonecraft, I wonder?
 db>>
 db>> *shrug*
 BG>
 BG> Thanks Dave, that was a great help.  :)

Anytime, Bill.  Just remember, dumb looks are free...  :-)

    - dave
    d.begley{at}ieee.org

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