AL> BS> I too have a 33H-P-CL plug & pray modem.  Now that I have a new
 AL> BS> chip from Logicode I can at least tell what the DCE speed is
 AL> BS> :-)))
 AL> What was wrong before?
 BS> The chip that came with the modem would not allow the DCE speed to be
 BS> displayed once a CONNECT was made ... when I used ATW2 for DCE speed,
 BS> the screen would freeze and not allow any input.  The new chip solved
 BS> that problem completely.
 BS> You can tell if you have the defective chip by trying ATW2 and see what
 BS> happens.  The other way is to issue the ATI1 command.
 BS>   CD04.08 - MM03.18P5 - SP 03     <--- bad chip
 BS>   CD04.08 - MM03.26P5 - SP 03     <--- good chip
 I'll check mine after...
 AL> So far, I've connected 26400-28800 to bbses with 28800 modems and
 AL> 28800-33600 to bbses with 33600.  But for some reason, when I
 AL> connect 28800 to a bbs with a 33600, the whole connection freezes
 AL> 30 seconds after I connect, then it gives me the OK sign.
 BS> That is really strange!  How do you know what speeds that you and the
 BS> BBS are connected at?  I connect 99.8% of the time at 31,200 with an
 BS> occasional 33,600 and sometimes a 28,800 to my 33.6 BBS.  Every
 BS> connection is rock solid and never an error with u/l or d/ls.
 It's about 30 seconds after the connection to the BBS.  Then it freezes.
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