Frank, at 05:18 on Feb 21 1996, you wrote to David Drummond ...

FM> Hi, David.

DD>> A thought . . .

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

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

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

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

FM> Regards, FIM.

Is that you Rod?  

David
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