david, at 10:50 on Nov 18 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Also user-configurable in the M34F (%En from memory).

db> %E   Auto EQM Retrain
db> = 0 Off
db> = 1*On
db> = 2 V32 auto rate change

Cryptic descriptions, but I presume that they work much the same as other
Rockwell modems WRT fall-forward/backward ability etc.

BG> Anyway, the final choice is yours, but the $180 you save today won't be
BG> much good when you have to start forking out big bucks for ROM upgrades
BG> and replacement motherboards in the Netcomm.

db> How often does one find onesself doing this?  Quite often with the M5 and 
db> M7F, but I haven't had to do it once with the M34F.

The point is that it should be NEVER.  If they'd manufactured their product
properly in the first place, you wouldn't need a new motherboard (as in the
series 3 abortions, for which Netcomm gouged the public horribly).  And you
must be lucky with your M34F, as there's a whole swag of these in the field
with buggy datapumps, fixable only by a complete chipset replacement.  No
prizes for guessing who'll be asked to pay for that, either.

BG> After all, they have to pay for their marble staircase somehow.  :)

db> :-)

If it wasn't so true, it'd be quite funny...

Regards, Bill

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