Rod, at 19:53 on Mar 03 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

RS> Corse an uncouth person might be so crude as to suggest that
RS> you might not actually be GAME to put an M34F on your line and
RS> watch it get good connects to Pauls M34F every time too |-)

BG> They could, but they'd actually be wrong.

RS> We dont actually have adequate evidence
RS> to substantiate THAT proposition either |-)

Very droll, Rod.  Time to fix that broken record.

BG> If I was in a position to borrow an M34F to trial, it'd
BG> be the first thing I'd do.  Anything to keep Paul quiet.

RS> It will be interesting to see what you do when someone offers you one |-)

I'd gladly take them up on their offer.  What else would you expect?

BG> If somebody wants to provide me with one, I'd be MORE than happy to.

RS> The most obvious candidate is the begley. You two swap modems, then you
RS> can use an M34F for a while. It would also be interesting to see if he
RS> sees any handshaking failures when calling Pauls M34F too, using your USR.

Fine by me, although David may have other ideas.  :)

RS> Corse it wouldnt surprise me at all if the Courier still did come
RS> out ahead, particularly on actual achieved symbol rates, but the
RS> handshaking failure would be rather interesting. And only you can
RS> really test it coz no one else gets such poor sessions with Paul.

Yep, agreed.

BG> OK, I'm happy to agree that the definitive test would be
BG> for me to borrow another M34F, but unless Paul borrows one
BG> on approval from some poor unsuspecting dealer and sends it
BG> up here for a week or so, the only modems I'm able to use
BG> up here are all USRs (or an old M5, which won't do at all).

RS> True, we really need to use an M34F. Whats Chris got access to ?

Aside from his own V.32bis Sportster, not a lot.  He changed jobs recently,
and no longer works for IPEX, where there were a few NetComms floating
about.  I'd call the Brisbane office of NetComm and ask them if I could
borrow an M34F for a week or so, but I don't handle rejection too well.  So
I won't.  :)

Regards, Bill

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