On Jan 20, 1996 at 23:35, Paul Edwards of 3:711/934.9 wrote:

 PE> Actually, I think the transformer is gone, as it was running
 PE> red hot when I went to check it, and it smelt of that lovely
 PE> burning ceramic smell that I get high on.

Ouch!  I figured as much .. after that storm that ran through Sydney and
suddenly your modem acting up, I thought it was too much of a coincidence. 
:-(  First no answer, then 2,400bps, then 1,200bps, then engaged .. geez,
what a *terrible* mess.  Then to see this:

# 21 Jan 22:38:49 BINK Connect 26400/Lap-M/V.42Bis/V.34

Talk about a surprise!  ;-)  (Thanks to PM for helping PE fix things up.)

(BTW Paul, the 2,400bps connection that seemed to be working then dropped
out was because I stopped it.)

 PE> 1. Continue at 2400

If there's no other choice, then there's no other choice.

 PE> 1. I was unable to connect to Dave Hatch's Hayes V34.  There
 PE> were some very weird sounds coming out of the modems.

That's "normal" for V.34 (wierd sounds);  obviously in this case,
they were the *wrong* wierd sounds.  ;-)

 PE> 3. I decided to set the baud rate to 19200 in Binkley rather than 38400

Any particular reason?  38,400bps works fine here.

 PE> To all: Latest problem is that Paul Markham called me with
 PE> his other V34 modem and it only connected at 26400.

Could this be due to you limiting the speed on the serial port?  I know
with the M34F if you lock the port at 19,200bps, that'll be the fastest the
modem will connect with (ie., it'll detect the port speed and not connect
at between 19.2Kbps and 28.8Kbps).

Otherwise, everything seems fine...

# 21 Jan 22:38:49 BINK Connect 26400/Lap-M/V.42Bis/V.34
+ 21 Jan 22:39:41 BINK CPS: 3706 (177888 bytes)  Efficiency: 140%
+ 21 Jan 22:39:44 BINK CPS: 2722 (8166 bytes)  Efficiency: 103%
+ 21 Jan 22:39:48 BINK CPS: 2077 (6232 bytes)  Efficiency: 78%
+ 21 Jan 22:40:20 BINK CPS: 2915 (93302 bytes)  Efficiency: 110%
+ 21 Jan 22:40:32 BINK CPS: 2852 (31381 bytes)  Efficiency: 108%
+ 21 Jan 22:40:54 BINK CPS: 2897 (60848 bytes)  Efficiency: 109%

Cheers..  :-)


    - dave
    d.begley{at}ieee.org

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