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echo: locsysop
to: Rod Speed
from: Bill Grimsley
date: 1996-03-29 15:35:32
subject: 0011 problems

Rod, at 09:27 on Mar 28 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> the M34F here connected with your M34F at 26400, both times.

RS> Hardly what you might call definitive stats Bill. 

Which is PRECISELY what I said in that part of my message which you so
conveniently deleted.  Selective quoting?  Nah, no way.  :)

RS> AND you really need to actually transfer a decent sized file and compare 
RS> the CPS achieved with M34F/M34F and USR/USR with >28800 disabled to really 
RS> be able to say which does better since the carrier rate can change, and its 
RS> even possible to get a higher CPS rate at a lower carrier rate too.

Yeah, I know all that.

BG> As I invariably see 28800 connects since upgrading the
BG> Sportster's EPROM, I can only surmise that under these
BG> line conditions, USR-M34F is better than M34F-M34F.

RS> Soorree, again, a wild claim based on totally inadequate EVIDENCE.

Look up SURMISE (the word I used above) in your dog's dictionary, and you
might realise that I wasn't CLAIMING anything of the sort, and I've already
stated that those 2 calls were virtually worthless for anything other than
a quick check.  About the only thing that can be said is that 2 test calls
is better than none at all.

Regards, Bill

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