Paul, at 18:19 on May 08 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> If you're too thick to compare features betwen the M34F and the Courier, 
BG> without coming to the same conclusion, that's not my problem.  Bloody hell, 
BG> it's painfully obvious (even from where I'm sitting) that the NetComm is an 
BG> inferior modem to even the Viper.  And if you disagree with that, you're 
BG> mad.

PE> I agree.  And the USR is inferior to the Viper too. 

Yeah, whatever you say, Paul.  :)

PE> There is one major problem I have with the Viper in that it doesn't 
PE> adaptive answer for me completely successfully. 

Funny, the USR adaptively answers just fine here.

PE> BTW, I'll be trying out the adaptive answer on Saturday night/Sunday
PE> to find out just who can't handle the adaptive answer on the Viper.

I don't think you actually understand how adaptive answer works.  It's not
a function of the remote modem at all.  If YOUR modem hears fax CNG tones
from the remote device, it should automatically switch into fax mode, and
issue the fax connect tones.  However, if it hears nothing (as is normal
when a modem calls), it issues its modem connect tones instead.  Therefore,
if you have a problem, it's with YOUR modem, nobody else's.

But feel free to argue the point if you wish.  :)

Regards, Bill

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