On Jan 28, 1996 at 08:46, Bill Grimsley of 3:640/305.9 wrote:

 BG> Ah yes, NetComm always seem to do things quite differently.  Even when
 BG> compared with other Rockwell-based modems.  I'm not sure that NetComms
 BG> are even capable of reporting last call stats anyway.

Yes and no;  yes they are, but not as "neatly" or
"conveniently" as the USR.  Or at least, so it seems, anyway.

 db>> BTEE doesn't support "AfterCall" either so I can't
try that .. hang on,
 BG>
 BG> A pity.  Many of the later Binkley hacks do though.  Even Paul's.

Which is why I'm so anxious for Vince to release the 2.59 source code since
it has a lot of the best of both EE and other hacks.

 BG> Does it really matter?

In the big scheme of things, no;  but it would be nice if Vince either
released 2.60, or gave up and released the source code to 2.59, totally
throwing away responsibility for releases.

 BG> That explains a lot then.  Read Michael Crichton's
"Disclosure" if you
 BG> get the chance.  Slags off at MS something terrible, he does.  :)

Thanks - just the pick-me-up I'm looking for.  ;-)

 BG> So what are we supposed to use in its place then?

If Vince would release the source to 2.59 (which has a lot of the EE
enhancements rolled into it), I'd be happy.  Then Paul can hack it all he
wants and I'd be happy to run it.

 BG> It happens quite frequently, and I find myself wondering why they don't
 BG> just connect at full speed to start with.

Must be some quirk - I just checked tonight and got a clean 100% 28.8Kbps
connection with an AscendMAX box, so it's not my modem or line.  Entirely.

 db>> Only a 38,400bps serial port.
 BG>
 BG> Gawd, somebody else who likes crippling BTLZ compression...

I don't have buffered UARTs, so I need to keep the number of interrupts
down.  When I finally get my new machine (BV, where the heck are those
prices?!), I'll lock it at 115.2Kbps and forget it.  Happy?!  :-)

BTW, I've switched to 57.6Kbps as an experiment - doesn't seem to provide
much of an improvement for the stuff I do (then again, I haven't throttled
it much either).

Cheers..

    - dave
    d.begley{at}ieee.org

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