david, at 21:12 on Jan 30 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Can you post a dump of these stats if you get the chance?

db> They were reset after the ROM upgrade, so perhaps they're a little more 
db> accurate than they were previously:

Thanks for that.  Lots of useful data, but bugger all in the way of Rx/Tx
signal levels, symbol rates, carrier frequencies etc.  A pity, because
those are the most important stats for determining the cause of poor
connects.  Still, they're certainly better than some manufacturers' stats
(i.e. none).

BG> Would you believe that the main character's company's name is Digicom?

db> The multiport serial port people?  :-)

The Digicom (a.k.a. Spirit II) modem people, actually!  :)

BG> And that they also manufacture modems?  ROFL!

db> Rockwell-based?  ;-)

No, their own DSP design would you believe (just like the real Digicom,
which went bankrupt last year, and AFAIK, no longer exists)?

db> I'll lock it at 115.2Kbps and forget it.  Happy?!  :-)

BG> Not as happy as you'll be with a new machine, I'll wager...

db> You bet .. this 8Mb RAM i486DX 33MHz is giving me the shits;  I've been 
db> machines with >using 256Mb RAM for *way* too long...

Jesus!  I _dream_ of being able to afford the $12k required to upgrade my
feeble little 32Mb to 256Mb of RAM...

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

BG> No dropped characters?

db> Certainly nothing reported during Zmodem transfers (no rexmits), or PPP and 
db> CSLIP connections.

Oh good, I didn't think you'd have a problem.  Let's just hope that Paul
takes the time to read your reply as well.  :)

Regards, Bill

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