Paul, at 22:53 on Jan 23 1996, you wrote to All...

PE> 1. Dave Hatch's USR Courier - perfect save one (only) connection 
PE> at 26400 instead of 28800.

Almost certainly variable line conditions.  Not uncommon, sadly.

PE> 2. Dave Hatch's Hayes V34 - no successful connect ever.

Weird.  No problems with ANY other V.34s here, even NetComms.  :)

PE> 3. Rod Speed's Supra - 50% of calls fail with retrain problems,
PE> despite the fact that the connection is only at V32bis.

Ask Rod to disable retrains at his end, not yours.

PE> 4. Bill Grimsley's USR Sportster V34 - perfect connects so far.

Of course.  I'd expect no less.

PE> 5. Paul Markham's Netcomm - connections at 26400, 24000, 2400!,
PE> 14400.

Lines again?  Dunno, it's extremely unusual to say the least.

PE> 6. Frank Malcolm's Spirit Thunder - connections at 2400!

PE> 7. David Begley's Netcomm - all connections at 26400.

That's the initial connect.  What about doing an ATI6 & ATI11
afterwards?  I'd be very surprised if the modems hadn't shifted up to
28800.  Might be worth adding an Aftercall statement to your binkley.cfg
(see mine below).

PE> 8. The USR Sportsters appear to be handling it fine at 14400.

No surprises there.

PE> 9. Jeff Green's Netcomm has actually seen a slight improvement.

No surprises there either.  NetComms work fine with my USR.

PE> 10. I am a bit miffed at the fact that ATI6 doesn't give me
PE> any number more exciting than 0.

You have to do it IMMEDIATELY following the call.  Any AT command will
clear the modem's buffer.  Aftercall is very good for checking stats.

PE> In short, as a BBS operator I want a modem that can connect to
PE> a wide variety of common modems, including all of the above.
PE> The USR Courier is falling way short of that. 

Shouldn't be, and this is from personal experience with the modems
(Couriers) on Mike Richardson's BBS.  I suspect your init or setup may need
tweaking a little.  Here is the relevant part of my own binkley.cfg (also,
try using the MODE command _exactly_ as I listed it in a previous
message)...

=========================================================
Port      2
Baud      57600
Carrier   80
Init      ATZ|
TermInit  ATZ|
Prefix    ATX1DT
Answer    ATA|
PreInit   |v``^``
PreDial   `
;Afterconn 31 ~~+++~~~ATY11~~O1|
Aftercall 28 ~~ATI11~~I6|
StatusLog   \point\binkley.log
Downloads   \point\inbound
CaptureFile \point\session.log
LogLevel 5
Gong
LockBaud 1
AutoBaud
RingTries 10
PollTries 100

etc., etc., etc...
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Also, I no longer run the MODE command from config.sys, but from my BT.CMD
batch file, as follows...

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{at}echo off
cls
MODE COM2:57600,N,8,1,DTR=OFF,RTS=HS,OCTS=ON,TO=ON,XON=OFF,BUFFER=ON
if exist \point\binkley.log del \point\binkley.log > nul
if exist \point\squish.log del \point\squish.log > nul
if exist echotoss.log goto Pack
sq386p out squash
goto DoBink
:Pack
sq386p out squash -fechotoss.log
if exist echotoss.log del echotoss.log > nul
:DoBink
BT32
:AfterBink
If Errorlevel 255 goto DoBink
If Errorlevel 254 goto End
If Errorlevel  70 goto DoMail
If Errorlevel  20 goto End
If Errorlevel   1 goto Quit
:DoMail
sq386p -fechotoss.log in out squash link
if exist \point\inbound\z3diff.* call \point\compile.cmd
wimmp
if exist echotoss.log del echotoss.log > nul
if exist \point\*.bad call fix.cmd
goto DoBink
:End
me
goto Quit
:Quit
cls
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Let me know if you find any inconsistencies with yours.

Regards, Bill

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