Hi Bill,

BV> It has become, since he started fucking with it.
BG> It's not just the modems either.  Now his OS is fucked as well.

I can't believe that Rod didn't tell him to get the hardware stable
before screwing with a new OS. Then again, he probably didn't ask or
bother to tell ROd that he was considering an OS upgrade at the same
time. After all, he has such a detailed knowledge of television,
computers, modems, and all things electronic. You've gotta remember
that he is a *professional* C programmer, so he knows all about them.

BV> In all honesty I can't see why he didn't look at the Banksia MyFastModem
BV> V.34, which is a bargain and works.
BG> Possibly because the earlier V.32bis Banksias were notoriously buggy, and
BG> the reputation stuck (not unlike Interlink, in fact).  Banksia also market
BG> an RPI modem, which is not a particularly clever move IMO.

Perhaps not. BTW, have Interlink *ever* made a modem which works ?

BV> Okay, it uses a Rockwell chipset, but anything local does and this thing
BV> actually works.
BG> It'd be interesting to see how well it works in a BBS situation, but
BG> I guess it's too much to expect that you'd lend it to Paul for a week
BG> or two.  :)

You guessed right.

BG>BV> FWIW, I reckon the only *real* problem with Rockwell modems is that the

BG> That explains the yum-cha nasties, but what about NetComm and Interlink,
BG> both of whom have been making modems for so long now that they should be
BG> more than capable of writing decent controller code?

ROFL...Interlink can't even design a decent case. What hope have they got ?
Netcomm lost the plot when they became the defacto standard in Australia.

Regards, Brenton
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