PM> BB>PM>         Did you issue AT&F2&W&W1Z and cycle power after the
PM> BB>PM> upgrade?
PM> BB>The instructions recommend that (and so do I).
PM> BB>But I always wondered....
PM> BB>What if you don't issue that AT cmd, and/or don't power down?
PM> BB>What will happen?  The old ROM has already been overwritten.  It's
PM> BB>gone. It can't still possibly be in place.
PM>         The new ROM in place, but the "program" calling it may
PM>         still be the old one (or part of it).  Also, the profile
PM>         data structure the modem wakes with may be different than
PM>         the old code.  So you could have told the old code to
PM>         answer on the first ring (S0=1), but in the new code
PM>         that memory location might be used to force 300bps 
PM>         carriers.
Wouldn't that mean I would have to change my S0 setting on my *terminal prg* 
to another S code?  If I left it at S0=1, I could power the modem on/off all 
day long and it still wouldn't help.
I was wondering why the *MODEM* needs to be powered up/down.
(Not my computer, or terminal prg changes.)
- Bill "Mr BBS" Beogelein, ag775@detroit.freenet.org, Fidonet 1:2410/207
- SysOp of The Amiga ShareWare HeadQuarters BBS 1-810-473-2020 28.8kbps
   
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