Rod, at 21:36 on May 30 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> if the Dynalinks have solved their service tone detect problems,

RS> The V34 external has on an AXE exchange anyway.

Interesting, and it sounds like you've actually seen one in the flesh. 
They're quite obviously not Rockwells, and given that Tom Przeor's new
internal modem is actually a Sportster rebadged as a Texas Instruments
(with its ID string in ROM changed), I wonder if Dynalink have now gone the
same route?

RS> Quite a spunky looking little modem too. Unlike those damned Sportsters, 
RS> still recon they look like a fucking answering machine |-)

Could be worse though.  One new V.34 modem (Compucom, I think) looks
remarkably like a half-squashed grapefruit.  Funnily enough, I never
thought the external Sportie to be anything other than sleek and
functional, with its relatively large top-front mounted power switch, and
the volume knob recessed, but still easily adjustable, and I've always
preferred the ability to change the audio level externally, rather than
relying on a fucked AT command to do so (a bit hard to do during an on-line
session too).

Regards, Bill
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