John, at 01:08 on Dec 30 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley ...

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JP> During that same month, David Drummond crashmailed 
JP> me and connected at 33600 too. Here are two examples:

. . .[chomp]. . .

JP> =  8:30:27  RING
JP> =  8:30:40  CONNECT 33600/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS
JP> +  8:30:45  The JabberWOCky [USR Courier V.E], 3:640/305
JP> ~  8:30:45  SysOp: David Drummond

JP> I don't know what modem (ie, Courier or Sportster) 
JP> David used when he called me though.

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Hmmmm - at a rough guess, based on the infomation you have presented, I
would say I was using a USR Courier V.E 

Our Austel approved Sportster doesn't do 33,600.

David
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