DD> If all modems use ATZ to reset the settings in memory to those stored
DD> in NVRAM and if all modems store the port speed in NVRAM and if the
DD> USR Courier is the only modem that resets the port speed on ATZ then
DD> aren't all other modems fucked by design?

FM> No. *If* all those things are true then all those other modems could be
FM> said, in a legalistic sense, to have a bug in that their implementation
FM> does not conform to the documentation. 

Even if all those things were true, which they aren't really,
then you still have to show that the documentation and the
implementation differ.  Let's see you find 2 quotes from the
Spirit manual to that effect.

FM> But it's the Courier that's fucked by design.

Very true.

DD> Isn't the Courier the only modem behaving as documented?

FM> Yes, if all those things are true. 

It isn't even documented that it autobauds, nevermind which has
priority, autobaud or restoring undocumented registers.  It's
also undocumented that it is making sure it restores undocumented
things at all, unless you make a few leaps of faith.

FM> But if so it's the design that's
FM> fucked, in that it does not conform to what users expect, and can
FM> cause real operational problems.

Yeah, regardless of the legalese smokescreen put up by USR bigots,
the fact remains that the modem is fucked by design.  BFN.  Paul.
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