BL>> Changing to 38400 made no difference. On average, I get a 
BL>> Zmodem TIMEOUT error about once a week from you, and I had 
BL>> one this week. I got them with the Spirit too.

DD>> Shitty software at the host end???

PE> Sure it isn't operator error on the modem?  That's what it 
PE> always was when I had the USR online.  Amazing stuff that 
PE> ATFUCKUP command that I accidentally typed in and USR had 
PE> created to deliberately cause low-level handshaking problems.  
PE> Can you ask Joe why they put that command in there? 

DD> Isn't ZModem a software phenomenom, not hardware or firmware?

Zmodem will fix errors in the communications link.  EC is meant
to make the vast bulk of the communications link error-free.  I
have evidence that the Spirit->Hayes? does not do V42bis error-free,
and of course, I have my RS232 cable running alongside power cables,
so that could have a bearing.  Then there's the OS not responding
to interrupts in Windows case with a 16450, enabling smartdrive as
in Matthew Parkers case, and there is a possibility that there is
something wrong with the M34F missing characters, I'd need to do 
a lot of testing to determine that, with a replacement modem.
BFN.  Paul.
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