On Feb 10, 1996 at 07:30, Bill Grimsley of 3:640/305.9 wrote:

 db>> Y'know, there's this package - "SoftRAM" or something
that's supposed to
 db>> double your memory capacity under Windows (both 3.x and '95), in the
 db>> same way you can get software disk doublers.
 BG>
 BG> Yep, I've already had a good chuckle about that, thanks all the same.  :)

I noticed that the Sydney Morning Herald gave it a reasonably good review
too;  mindless journos.  I hold it as solid proof that Windows users are
all Lemmings, nothing more.

 BG> Until Paul mentioned it, I never even knew there was a difference, and
 BG> I'm currently on my 6th USR modem.

It's like me with mixed-type SIMMs and a multi-tasking operating system -
if people hadn't mentioned that mixing SIMM types and speeds in the same
machine might cause a multitasking operating system to get upset, I
wouldn't have known since my system works perfectly with both 80ns and
70ns, 3-chip and 8-chip (9-chip?  I forget) SIMMs.

Doesn't mean it's not a "bug" of some sort, just that I've not
encountered it, that's all.  Same with you and USR modems - the way you use
the modem may be more in-line with what the developers of the modem had
envisaged, so they wrote the modem to work the way you expect it to ..
doesn't mean there aren't any subtle bugs still lurking around that you may
never encounter, though.

 BG> If he wants to consider it a bug, that's his prerogative.  Just don't
 BG> expect me to agree with him, that's all.

Fair enough.

 BG> Incidentally, I had my first failed connect with his Courier this morning
 BG> - a 28800 MNP connect was negotiated, then the modem immediately dropped
 BG> carrier.  Called again, got another 28800 MNP connect, and the mail
 BG> transferred OK that time.  Most people would blame the modems, but not
 BG> me.  Not this time.  I'm not forcing MNP here, so Paul has apparently
 BG> been playing around with his Courier's S27 register, something that
 BG> should be left well alone unless one knows exactly what they're doing.

Yes, he has been playing around .. but answer this for me - why did the
first 28.8Kbps MNP connection fail, but the second connection of the *same*
*type* (ie., 28.8Kbps MNP) *not* fail?  I'm not saying that Paul shouldn't
mess with his S27 register, just that something *else* is at work if one
connection is fine and the other isn't.

 BG> And I'm convinced that Paul doesn't, I'm afraid.

Entirely probable.

    - dave
    d.begley{at}ieee.org

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