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?

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

The modem was never locked at 57600, it merely happened to be
the speed the com port was set at at the last &W.  That 
actually happened on my DOS system, and on my OS/2 system the
rate was set to 38400 (which is what I wanted).  Then I had
planned on changing it to 57600, and perhaps 115200 one day,
as an experiment.  So now I've told you the reason why I chop
and change baud rates as required.  Now you name the software
that jumps up from 38400 to 57600 after issuing an ATZ.
BFN.  Paul.
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