Paul, at 09:33 on Feb 02 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Nope, it's not zealotry at all.  It's actually a highly-informed and valid 
BG> opinion, based on empirical data collected over several weeks, and from a 
BG> couple of hundred different Couriers.  

PE> With pissweak tests done on all of them.

Yeah, sure Paul, whatever you say.  The tests I performed were certainly
good enough that not one of the Couriers we sold ever came back faulty. 
And as difficult as it may be for you to grasp with your obviously limited
mental capacity, the Link Diagnostics are more than adequate for that
purpose.

BG> I'm fast losing interest (and patience) with you, Paul.  I told you that 
BG> apart from the infrequent DOA, no modem that I tested ever exhibited a 
BG> problem connecting with the Courier (and a Courier was specifically used in 
BG> order to test for that possibility too), nor did any of the ~200 Couriers 
BG> which I tested, show ANY problems whatsoever.

PE> You mean just like I was with your complaints about my Spirit?

Pity we're currently discussing Couriers then, isn't it?

PE> What a shame, the world's biggest bottomburp is finally getting
PE> a tasted of his own medicine.

Have you been taking lessons in stupidity from RTL, or what?

PE> And like I said before, if you want decent tests done, give it to me. 

No thanks, I'll give it to somebody who knows how to use a modem and
understands the theory behind locked serial ports.  You sure don't.

PE> I find 11 bugs in a Courier when you've never found any. 

It ain't just me though, Paul.  Like ALL modems, the Couriers have indeed
had their minor interconnectivity problems (notwithstanding the fact that
Byte magazine rated the Courier as the best modem for interconnectivity
with other brands).  That said however, I find it rather intriguing that
I've soak-tested in excess of 200 DIFFERENT Couriers, and apart from half a
dozen DOAs, not one of them exhibited even the tiniest problem.

Of course, the fact that I know how to use them correctly helped no end...

Regards, Bill

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