Alexander, at 03:29 on Mar 18 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley ...

DD>> I have a mail downfeed out on the Darling Downs.  He has 
DD>> some sort of Rockwell based V.FC modem.  When he rings the 
DD>> Courier or the Sportster he usually gets a 19,200 V.FC 
DD>> connect. 

BG>> Looks rather bad from the POV of his lines then, I'd 
BG>> suspect.

AWL> If its Tony, his lines should be very good (after all the 
AWL> badgering of telescum he did over the last few years)...

In that case his modem needs an upgrade!

# 19 Mar 05:22:26 BINK Ring
# 19 Mar 05:22:40 BINK Connect 19200/Arq/Vfc/Lapm/V42Bis
* 19 Mar 05:22:42 BINK The BauderLine BBS (3:640/450{at}fidonet)
* 19 Mar 05:22:42 BINK Remote Uses FrontDoor 2.12.SW/F1234567
...
+ 19 Mar 05:25:10 BINK CPS: 2178 (300646 bytes)  Efficiency: 113%
+ 19 Mar 05:25:51 BINK CPS: 2159 (88536 bytes)  Efficiency: 112%
+ 19 Mar 05:27:35 BINK CPS: 2170 (225772 bytes)  Efficiency: 113%
...
# 19 Mar 05:27:44 BINK Usrobotics Sportster 28800 Fax Link Diagnostics...
# 19 Mar 05:27:44 BINK Modulation               V.Fc
# 19 Mar 05:27:44 BINK Carrier Freq (Hz)        1875/1875
# 19 Mar 05:27:44 BINK Symbol Rate              3000/3000
# 19 Mar 05:27:44 BINK Trellis Code             32S-2D/32S-2D
# 19 Mar 05:27:44 BINK Nonlinear Encoding       Off
# 19 Mar 05:27:44 BINK Precoding                On
# 19 Mar 05:27:44 BINK Shaping                  Off
# 19 Mar 05:27:44 BINK Preemphasis (-Db)        10/6
# 19 Mar 05:27:44 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Db)    33/19
# 19 Mar 05:27:44 BINK Roundtrip Delay (Msec)   7
# 19 Mar 05:27:45 BINK Usrobotics Sportster 28800 Fax Link Diagnostics...
# 19 Mar 05:27:45 BINK Chars Sent      632610  Chars Received    13565
# 19 Mar 05:27:45 BINK Chars Lost           0
# 19 Mar 05:27:45 BINK Octets Sent     632383  Octets Received   11447
# 19 Mar 05:27:45 BINK Blocks Sent       5035  Blocks Received      81
# 19 Mar 05:27:45 BINK Blocks Resent        0
# 19 Mar 05:27:45 BINK Retrains Requested   0  Retrains Granted      0
# 19 Mar 05:27:45 BINK Line Reversals       0  Blers               145
# 19 Mar 05:27:45 BINK Link Timeouts        0  Link Naks             0
# 19 Mar 05:27:45 BINK Data Compression       V42Bis 2048/32
# 19 Mar 05:27:45 BINK Equalization           Long
# 19 Mar 05:27:45 BINK Fallback               Enabled
# 19 Mar 05:27:45 BINK Protocol               Lapm
# 19 Mar 05:27:45 BINK Speed                  19200
# 19 Mar 05:27:45 BINK Last Call              00:04:56
# 19 Mar 05:27:45 BINK Disconnect Reason Is Dtr Dropped
# 19 Mar 05:27:45 BINK Ok

David
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