BG> Have a look at the following extract from the Binkley 2.60 docs, and tell 
BG> me if you had your Viper set up correctly, according to its fax class.  
BG> Unless it's a Class 2.0 (which it isn't), 

It is Class 2, anyway.

BG> your bit rate was probably set 
BG> too high (or did you use the FaxBaud comment?).

No, I didn't.

BG> If the Fossil is not locked then BinkleyTerm will set the bit rate
BG> to 19200 on a FAX connection unless you set `FaxBaud X', in which
BG> case your specified 'baud' rate will be used.

If it sets the baud rate to 19200, that should be good enough, no?
BFN.  Paul.
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