Paul, at 08:26 on Feb 06 1996, you wrote ...

. . .[chomp]. . .

PE> If it is, it's fucked by design.  Name one bit of software 
PE> that will wait for the modem to respond at 38400, and then 
PE> quickly switch up to 57600 in case a ring comes through?

Name one sane person who would lock their modem at 57,600 and then promptly
set their software to 38,400 to communicate with it . . .

David
@EOT:

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