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echo: locsysop
to: Paul Edwards
from: David Drummond
date: 1996-03-24 14:48:12
subject: Undocumented features

Paul, at 08:23 on Mar 23 1996, you wrote ...

db>> The next line begins with "error" (for error-correction), 
db>> so Bink sees that and hangs-up;  unless you're using an 
db>> unmodified version of Bink (likely) that stops reading the 
db>> "connect string" after 50 characters or so...

DD>> Ah so - one must hack Binkley to work with the M34F?  Gosh 
DD>> I just love stuff that conforms to standards . . .

PE> Oh yeah, what standard says that a modem must put out a 
PE> whole lot of debug info, of which one of the phrases may not 
PE> be "Error Correction"?  Your zealotry is showing again.

Let's just say that BinkleyTerm wasn't written with the M34F in mind . . .

David
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