On the 02/03/96, Bill waffled to Dieter..

 Hello Bill,

 DM> -!- Paragon
 DM> at%q%l
 DM> 000                     ... 007
 DM> 027                         020

 BG> At 9600 bps class speeds, -27dBm is in fact pretty atrocious.
 
 DM> -!- 3M
 DM> at%q%l                  
 DM> 001                     ... 009
 DM> 033                         026

 BG> And this is even worse!  Especially at 9600. 
 
 DM> -!- Serendipity Inc. on the US Robotics Courier V.34 Dual Standard
 DM> at%q%l
 DM> 000                     ... 011
 DM> 024                         017

 BG> I'm amazed.  Given Poe's comments, and your own results, that's a
 BG> remarkably good line level in comparison with the rest.
 
 DM> -!- NETCOMM
 
 DM> at%q%l
 DM> 000                     ... 010
 DM> 033                         026

 BG> Piss-poor again.
 
 DM> -!- TML
 
 DM> CONNECT 2400
 DM> at%q%l
 DM> 000                     ... 008
 DM> 034                         023

 BG> Why the fuck are you connecting with other boards at 9600 with line
 BG> levels of -33dBm, yet only 2400 to TML with just one miserable dBm
 BG> worse? 

 It was Paul's Netcomm :-)

 BG> I'd love to see the connect results from your end with both a V.32bis
 BG> and a V.34 modem.  They'd be extremely interesting indeed. 

 I have Alan's E7F, which I will do the same again.

 

 I have added the E7F's readings - they do vary at the same rate.
 I don't know what the %q refers to in the E7F, but in the SE9600
 it referred to the line quality, from 0 to 6, with 6 being worst.

 Dieter
 

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