Hi Rod,

Well, the new EPROM is certainly more reliable than the old one.  No
problems at all with the Hayes Optima now.  Have a squiz at these stats...

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 Running a Hayes Optima 28k8 V.34 (Line 1)
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Freq     Level
 150     40
 300     30
 450     29
 600     29
 750     29
 900     29
1050     30
1200     30
1350     31
1500     32
1650     33
1800     34
1950     34
2100     35
2250     36
2400     37
2550     37
2700     38
2850     39
3000     40
3150     41
3300     42
3450     45
3600     52
3750     62

Modulation               V.34
Carrier Freq (Hz)        1829/1829
Symbol Rate              3200/3200
Trellis Code             64S-4D/16S-4D
Nonlinear Encoding       ON/ON
Precoding                ON/ON
Shaping                  OFF/ON
Preemphasis (-dB)        6/10
Recv/Xmit Level (-dB)    35/12
Roundtrip Delay (msec)   4
Data Compression         NONE
Equalization             Long
Fallback                 Enabled
Protocol                 LAPM 128/15
Speed                    28800/28800
Last Call                00:00:24
Disconnect Reason        DTR dropped
-------------------------------------

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 Running a Maestro V288FMEI 28k8 V.34 (Line 2)
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Freq     Level
 150     40
 300     30
 450     29
 600     29
 750     29
 900     29
1050     30
1200     31
1350     31
1500     32
1650     33
1800     34
1950     34
2100     35
2250     36
2400     37
2550     37
2700     38
2850     39
3000     40
3150     41
3300     42
3450     46
3600     52
3750     62

Modulation               V.34
Carrier Freq (Hz)        1829/1829
Symbol Rate              3200/3200
Trellis Code             64S-4D/16S-4D
Nonlinear Encoding       ON/ON
Precoding                OFF/ON
Shaping                  OFF/ON
Preemphasis (-dB)        6/10
Recv/Xmit Level (-dB)    35/11
Roundtrip Delay (msec)   4
Data Compression         NONE
Equalization             Long
Fallback                 Enabled
Protocol                 LAPM 128/15
Speed                    28800/28800
Last Call                00:00:19
Disconnect Reason        DTR dropped
-------------------------------------

Regards, Bill

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