BB>PM> BB>PM>         Did you issue AT&F2&W&W1Z and cycle power after
BB>PM> BB>PM> the upgrade?
BB>PM> BB>The instructions recommend that (and so do I).
BB>PM> BB>But I always wondered....
BB>PM> BB>What if you don't issue that AT cmd, and/or don't power down?
BB>PM> BB>What will happen?  The old ROM has already been overwritten.
BB>PM> BB>It's gone. It can't still possibly be in place.
BB>PM>         The new ROM in place, but the "program" calling it may
BB>PM>         still be the old one (or part of it).  Also, the profile
BB>PM>         data structure the modem wakes with may be different than
BB>PM>         the old code.  So you could have told the old code to
BB>PM>         answer on the first ring (S0=1), but in the new code
BB>PM>         that memory location might be used to force 300bps 
BB>PM>         carriers.
BB>Wouldn't that mean I would have to change my S0 setting on my
BB>*terminal prg* to another S code?  If I left it at S0=1, I could
BB>power the modem on/off all day long and it still wouldn't help.
BB>I was wondering why the *MODEM* needs to be powered up/down.
BB>(Not my computer, or terminal prg changes.)
        You shouldn't have to change the software on the computer.
        I was talking about the software in the modem.  The modem
        is basically a small computer that knows a limitted instruction
        set and handles a few special formulas *VERY* well.
-Patrick Moore
 Sysop of Supra BBS 
CMPQwk1.42 331þIs the latest ROM code in your modem and the modem(s) it 
lls?
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